Reputation: 1596
Using a chart control on a windows form in C#, with visual studio 2010 IDE.
I'm creating a chart that plots random points. Once points are generated, I run a loop for each point in the chart, looking at all the other point coordinates. Inside that loop, I calculate the distance from the parent point to it's neighbor. If the distance is <= some distance that I specify, I want a line to be drawn showing a connection between the two. Problem I'm having though is actually drawing that line. Further more, I then need to find a way to walk the shortest path in that chart.
So this is really two questions: 1. How do I draw the lines on the chart? (current dilemma) 2. How do I walk the graph to find the shortest path?
Here is a snipper of some code I'm using to accomplish this, along with the current error:
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
public void createNodes(int x, int y, int Nodes, int dgNodes)
{
Random rdn = new Random();
for (int i = 0; i < (Nodes - dgNodes); i++)
{
chtGraph.Series["Series1"].Points.AddXY
(rdn.Next(x), rdn.Next(y));
}
for (int i = 0; i <= dgNodes - 1; i++)
{
chtGraph.Series["Series2"].Points.AddXY
(rdn.Next(x), rdn.Next(y));
}
}
public void buildGraph(int x, int y, int Nodes, int dgNodes)
{
//set the min/max axis on the chart
chtGraph.ChartAreas["ChartArea1"].AxisX.Maximum = x;
chtGraph.ChartAreas["ChartArea1"].AxisX.Minimum = 0;
chtGraph.ChartAreas["ChartArea1"].AxisY.Maximum = y;
chtGraph.ChartAreas["ChartArea1"].AxisY.Minimum = 0;
chtGraph.ChartAreas["ChartArea1"].AxisX.Interval = x / 10;
chtGraph.ChartAreas["ChartArea1"].AxisY.Interval = y / 10;
chtGraph.ChartAreas["ChartArea1"].AxisX.MajorGrid.Enabled = false;
chtGraph.ChartAreas["ChartArea1"].AxisY.MajorGrid.Enabled = false;
//build all the nodes
createNodes(x, y, Nodes, dgNodes);
}
public void drawEdges(int intNumNodes, int intTransPower)
{
Pen pen = new Pen(Color.Black, 1);
Graphics g = chtGraph.CreateGraphics();
Point[] pts = new Point[intNumNodes];
int i = 0;
//Gather all the data generator data points into a point array
foreach (DataPoint p in chtGraph.Series[0].Points)
{
Point point = new Point((int)p.XValue, (int)p.YValues[0]);
pts[i] = point;
i++;
}
//Gather all the non data generator into the same point array
foreach (DataPoint p in chtGraph.Series[1].Points)
{
Point point = new Point((int)p.XValue, (int)p.YValues[0]);
pts[i] = point;
i++;
}
//loop through all the data points
foreach (Point p in pts)
{
//examine all the other data points for each data point visited
for (int j = 0; j < pts.Length; j++)
{
//if the distance from the parent node (p) to the neighbor node is less than the transmit power, then draw a line
if (Math.Sqrt(Math.Pow((p.X - pts[j].X), 2) + Math.Pow((p.Y - pts[j].Y), 2)) <= intTransPower)
{
//gr.DrawLine(pen, p, pts[j]);
//gr.Graphics.DrawLine(pen, p.X, p.Y, pts[j].X, pts[j].Y);
}
}
}
}
private void btnExecute_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (txtDG.Text == "" || txtNodes.Text == "" || txtStorage.Text == "" || txtTransPower.Text == ""
|| txtXAxis.Text == "" || txtXAxis.Text == "")
{
lblError.Text = "Please enter in all inputs!";
lblError.Visible = true;
return;
}
//create variables for use through program
int intTransPower = Convert.ToInt32(txtTransPower.Text);
int intXAxis = Convert.ToInt32(txtXAxis.Text);
int intYAxis = Convert.ToInt32(txtYAxis.Text);
int intNum_DG = Convert.ToInt32(txtDG.Text);
int intNumNodes = Convert.ToInt32(txtNodes.Text);
int intStorage = Convert.ToInt32(txtStorage.Text);
lblError.Visible = false;
lblError.Text = "";
if (txtDG.Text == "" || txtNodes.Text == "" || txtStorage.Text == "" || txtTransPower.Text == ""
|| txtXAxis.Text == "" || txtXAxis.Text == "")
{
lblError.Text = "Please enter in all inputs!";
lblError.Visible = true;}
chtGraph.Series["Series1"].Points.Clear();
chtGraph.Series["Series2"].Points.Clear();
buildGraph(intXAxis, intYAxis, intNumNodes, intNum_DG);
drawEdges(intNumNodes, intTransPower);
}
}
Error: Error 1 The type 'System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.ChartGraphics' has no constructors defined
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