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    In DsExcel, you can export charts to PDF documents. This helps in the easy generation of PDF reports from spreadsheets, like finance, sales, marketing, health care etc. Following chart types can be exported to PDF documents:

    Using Code

    Refer to the following example code to export charts in Excel files to PDF document.

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     // Initialize workbook
     Workbook workbook = new Workbook();
     // Fetch default worksheet 
     IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
    
     IShape shape = worksheet.Shapes.AddChart(ChartType.ColumnStacked, 50, 120, 350, 250);
     worksheet.Range["A1:D6"].Value = new object[,]
     {
    {null, "S1", "S2", "S3"},
    {"Item1", 10, 25, 25},
    {"Item2", -51, -36, 27},
    {"Item3", 52, -85, -30},
    {"Item4", 22, 65, 65},
    {"Item5", 23, 69, 69}
     };
     shape.Chart.SeriesCollection.Add(worksheet.Range["A1:D6"], RowCol.Columns, true, true);
    
     // Saving workbook to pdf
     workbook.Save(@"ExportChartsToPDF.pdf", SaveFileFormat.Pdf);

    Limitations

    The following chart types are currently not supported and the corresponding area would appear empty when exported to PDF:

    Supported features

    The below table shows the supported features in different chart types when exported to PDF.

    Common Features (Supported by all Chart Types)

    Features

    Settings

    Supported

    Chart Title

    font size

    Yes

    font color

    Yes

    border

    Yes

    fill

    Yes

    overlap with plot area

    No

    custom angle

    No

    text direction

    No

    Plot Area

    border

    Yes

    fill

    Yes

    free layout(resize)

    Yes

    Axes

    show/hide

    Yes

    fill

    Yes

    title

    Yes

    title free layout

    No

    border

    Yes

    angle(text rotate)

    No

    max/min bounds

    Yes (when  min/max is auto, the rendered result might be different between MSExcel and DsExcel)

    major/minor unit

    horizontal axis cross position

    No

    display units

    Yes

    logrithimic scale

    Yes

    values in reverse order

    Yes

    tick marks

    Yes

    label position

    Yes

    number format

    Yes

    Data Label

    fill

    Yes

    border

    Yes

    font

    Yes

    position

    Yes

    number format

    Yes

    contains(series name/category name/values)

    Yes

    Data Table

    No

    Error Bars

    direction

    Yes (There can be some difference in the exported PDF.)

    end style

    error amount

    Gridlines

    major/minor

    Yes

    value axis

    Yes

    category axis

    Yes

    color

    Yes

    Legend

    fill

    Yes

    border

    Yes

    location(top/bottom/left/right)

    Yes

    free layout(resize)

    Yes

    Trend Line

    Yes

    Series Option

    primary axis

    Yes

    secondary axis

    Yes

    series overlap

    Yes

    gap width

    Yes

    fill

    Yes

    border

    Yes

    Line Chart

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    The below table shows the supported features in line chart type when exported to PDF.

    Features

    Settings

    Supported

    Line

    solid color

    Yes

    gradient color

    No

    weight

    Yes

    cap type

    No

    join type

    No

    dash type

    Yes

    begin arrow

    No

    end arrow

    No

    smooth line

    Yes

    Marker

    size

    Yes

    fill

    Yes

    border

    Yes

    Drop Lines

    -

    No

    High-Low Lines

    -

    No

    Up-Down Bars

    -

    No

    Pie Chart

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    The below table shows the supported features in pie chart type when exported to PDF.

    Features

    Settings

    Supported

    Pie Settings

    angle of first slice

    Yes

    explosion

    No

    Dought Chart

    doughnut hole size

    Yes


    Bar Chart

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    The below table shows the supported features in bar chart type when exported to PDF.

    Features

    Settings

      Supported

    Series Option

    overlap

    No

    gap width Yes

    Scatter Chart

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    The below table shows the supported features in scatter chart type when exported to PDF.

    Features

    Settings

    Supported

    Chart Type

    scatter

    Yes

    scatter with smooth lines and markers

    Yes

    scatter with smooth lines

    Yes

    scatter with straight lines and markers

    Yes

    scatter with straight lines

    Yes

    bubble

    Yes

    3D-bubble

    No

    Bubble Settings size represents

    No

    scale bubble size

    No

    Line smooth line

    Yes

    Stock Chart

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    The below table shows the supported features in stock chart type when exported to PDF.

    Features

    Settings

    Supported

    Common Features

    line color

    Yes

    stock

    Yes

    line dash type

    No

    line cap

    No

    line join

    No

    series marker

    No

    series line

    No

    Open-High-Low-Close

    gap width

    No

    down-bar fill

    Yes

    down-bar border

    No

    up-bar

    No

    Volume-High-Low-Close / Volume-Open-High-Low-Close

    volumn fill

    Yes

    volume border

    No

    Radar Chart

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    The below table shows the supported features in radar chart type when exported to PDF.

    Features

    Settings

    Supported

    Line cap type No
    join type No

    Chart Type

    radar

    Yes

    radar with markers

    Yes

    filled radar

    Yes

    Series Line

    width

    Yes

    color

    Yes

    Marker

    type

    Yes

    size

    Yes

    fill

    Yes

    border

    Yes

    TreeMap Chart

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    The below table shows the supported features in TreeMap chart type when exported to PDF.

    Features

    Setttings

    Supported

    Series Option

    banner

    No

    overlapping

    No

    Label Option

    contains(series name/category name/value)

    No

    number fromat

    No

    text font

    Yes

    text color

    Yes

    Point Formatting

    fill

    Yes (Only supports first level points.)

    line

    No

    Sunburst Chart

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    The below table shows the supported features in Sunburst chart type when exported to PDF.

    Features

    Settings

    Supported

    Plot Area

    fill

    No

    Label Option

    contains(series name/category name/value)

    No

    number fromat

    No

    text font

    Yes

    text color

    Yes

    Point Formatting

    fill

    Yes (Only supports first level points.)

    line

    Yes