TotalValueFormatting Property

Gives you access to the ValueFormatting object controlling the formatting of the total formatting command.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
<CategoryAttribute("Formatting")>
<DescriptionAttribute("Controls the total value format")>
Public Property TotalValueFormatting As ValueFormatting

'Usage
 
Dim instance As Series
Dim value As ValueFormatting
 
instance.TotalValueFormatting = value
 
value = instance.TotalValueFormatting

[Category("Formatting")]
[Description("Controls the total value format")]
public ValueFormatting TotalValueFormatting {get; set;}

Remarks

The total value formatting command is represented in the formatting strings as <total>. It represents the total sum of the values contained in the Values data series.

Example

The following code displays the pie data labels in the following format: (percent) of (total).

Visual Basic

pie.DataLabels.Format = "&lt;percent&gt; of &lt;total&gt;"
' format the percent command as percent and the total with 3 decimal places
pie.PercentValueFormat.Format = ValueFormat.Percentage
pie.TotalValueFormat.Format = ValueFormat.Custom
pie.TotalValueFormat.CustomFormat = "0.000"

pie.DataLabels.Format = "&lt;percent&gt; of &lt;total&gt;";
// format the percent command as percent and the total with 3 decimal places
pie.PercentValueFormat.Format = ValueFormat.Percentage;
pie.TotalValueFormat.Format = ValueFormat.Custom;
pie.TotalValueFormat.CustomFormat = "0.000";

Requirements

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
ValueFormatting Class