Labels Property (Series)

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
<DescriptionAttribute("Labels Data Series")>
<CategoryAttribute("Data Series")>
Public Property Labels As DataSeries

'Usage
 
Dim instance As Series
Dim value As DataSeries
 
instance.Labels = value
 
value = instance.Labels

[Description("Labels Data Series")]
[Category("Data Series")]
public DataSeries Labels {get; set;}

The labels data series is of type string and is used to strore the labels of the data points. The labels can be visualized in the data point labels, the chart legend and the data point tooltips.

The following code creates a bar chart with labels shown in the data point labels and the legend.

Visual Basic

Dim bar As BarSeries =  Chart.Series.Add(SeriesType.Bar) 
bar.Values.Add(12, "Bar1")
bar.Values.Add(23, "Bar2")
bar.Values.Add(14, "Bar3")
bar.DataLabels.Mode = DataLabelsMode.Every
bar.DataLabels.Every = 1
bar.DataLabels.Format = "&lt;label&gt;"
bar.Legend.Mode = SeriesLegendMode.DataPoints
bar.Legend.Format = "&lt;label&gt;"

C#

BarSeries bar = Chart.Series.Add(SeriesType.Bar);
bar.Values.Add(12, "Bar1");
bar.Values.Add(23, "Bar2");
bar.Values.Add(14, "Bar3");
bar.DataLabels.Mode = DataLabelsMode.Every;
bar.DataLabels.Every = 1;
bar.DataLabels.Format = "&lt;label&gt;";
bar.Legend.Mode = SeriesLegendMode.DataPoints;
bar.Legend.Format = "&lt;label&gt;";

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

Series Class
Series Members
DataSeries Class