showing all values in chart control Xaxis

Question

I have a chart of a bunch of products, 35 in all. They scale up the X Axis. The chart plots fine but only 5 of the product names show and I need them all to show. I have ena

Answer 1

chart control is very limited, if you want to customize it, you are better of creating your own chart, by generating an image:

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Answer 2

The answer lies in the Axis LabelStyles. The code below will format the axis (X or Y) so that all minor tick marks show, the interval is one and all the labels for each tickmark will show.

 cht.ChartAreas("MainChartArea").AxisX.MinorTickMark.Enabled = True
cht.ChartAreas("MainChartArea").AxisX.Interval = 1
cht.ChartAreas("MainChartArea").AxisX.IsLabelAutoFit = True
'cht.ChartAreas("MainChartArea").AxisX.LabelStyle.IsStaggered = True
cht.ChartAreas("MainChartArea").AxisX.LabelAutoFitStyle =  LabelAutoFitStyles.DecreaseFont

Note: If you want the labels staggered then uncomment out the next to last line