The Smart Designer allows you to quickly set Chart properties without leaving the design form. This solves the earlier problem of having to drill down through Chart's properties in the Properties window. You can use the Smart Designer feature to create a functional 2D Chart at design time.

The Smart Designer provides the following features:

• Built-in toolbars and editors.
• Ability to add/edit labels through the Edit labels editor.
• Drag-and-drop labels to any series on the plot area of the chart.
• Labels for each chart element are provided for better user interaction with the chart elements.

This chapter describes the functionality of the Smart Designer and provides labeled figures for each of the elements in the Smart Designer.

For information on how to achieve specific chart tasks using the Smart Designer, see Creating and Formatting Chart Elements Using the Smart Designer.