BackColor Property

Use this property to return/set a value that determines the background color the chart area will be displayed in.

[Visual Basic]
Property BackColor() As Color
[C#]
System.Drawing.Color XYChartNETCtl.BackColor
[C++]
__property System::Drawing::Color XYChartNet::XYChartNETCtl::BackColor

Default Value

Color.LightGray

Remarks

The Gradient property will override this property if the Gradient option is set to Custom.

Example

XYChartNETCtl1 is the name of the XY Chart NET control instance placed on the form.

[Visual Basic]
Dim tmpColor As Color
tmpColor = XYChartNETCtl1.BackColor      'Returns the chart's background color

XYChartNETCtl1.BackColor = Color.White   'Sets the chart's background color to white

XYChartNETCtl1.BackColor = Color.Black   'Sets the chart's background color to black

[C#]
System.Drawing.Color tmpColor;
tmpColor = XYChartNETCtl1.BackColor;        //Returns the chart's background color

XYChartNETCtl1.BackColor = Color.DarkBlue;  //Sets the chart's background color to dark blue

[C++]
Drawing::Color tmpColor;
tmpColor = XYChartNETCtl1->BackColor;         //Returns the chart's background color

XYChartNETCtl1->BackColor = Color::DarkBlue;  //Sets the chart's background color to dark blue

See Also

Properties