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WPF Chart Custom Point Marker

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Demonstrates two different methods of creating Custom PointMarkers in SciChart:

#1 By inheriting BasePointMarker

Using this method, you can inherit BasePointMarker and override Draw. The Draw method is called for every single point which is on-screen in your DataSeries. Use the RenderContext API to do the drawing.

#2 By inheriting BitmapSpriteBase

Using this method, you can inherit BitmapSpriteBase and override RenderToCache. The RenderToCache method is called once and allows you to cache a single marker using the RenderContext API. This method is far faster but all markers must look the same.

Note: There is also another method, by using SpritePointMarker. This method allows you to cache a WPF UIElement to bitmap and repeatedly draw.

Documentation Links

Adding DataPoint Markers
BasePointMarker Types

The C#/WPF source code for the WPF Chart Custom Point Marker example is included below (Scroll down!).

Did you know you can also view the source code from one of the following sources as well?

  1. Clone the SciChart.WPF.Examples from Github.
  2. Or, view source in the SciChart WPF Examples suite.
  3. Also the SciChart WPF Trial contains the full source for the examples (link below).

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