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    To add tooltips to the chart's axes, complete the following steps:

    1. Add C1Chart to the Form.
    2. Add the following directives to declare the C1.Win.Chart namepaces:

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      Imports C1.Win.C1Chart
      

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      using C1.Win.C1Chart;
      
    3. Add the following code in the Form_load procedure to add the chart's axes

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      'Enable tooltip
      C1Chart1.ToolTip.Enabled = True
      C1Chart1.ChartArea.AxisX.TooltipText = "X-Axis"
      C1Chart1.ChartArea.AxisY.TooltipText = "Y-Axis"
      

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      //Enable tooltip
      c1Chart1.ToolTip.Enabled = true;
      c1Chart1.ChartArea.AxisX.TooltipText = "X-Axis";
      c1Chart1.ChartArea.AxisY.TooltipText = "Y-Axis";
      

    This topic illustrates the following:

    When you hover over the x-axis and y-axis on the chart area at run time, the tooltips appear for the x-axis and y-axis, like the following:


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