Tag: xps

Hello,

This question is related to this discussion :
https://www.scichart.com/questions/wpf/export-chart-with-heatmapcolormap

I want to export a chart as XPS and have the HeatmapColorMap on the XPS. I put the HeatmapColorMap inside a CustomAnnotation. I had an issue with the ticks and labels not appearing on the printed XPS so I was advised to use a workaround :

public class SciChartSurfaceEx : SciChartSurface
{
    protected override SciChartSurfaceBase CreateCloneOfSurfaceInMemory(Size newSize)
    {
        // Grab custom annotation that stores HeatmapColormap on a real chart
        var originalColormapAnnotation = (CustomAnnotation)this.Annotations.Where(x => x.GetType() == typeof(CustomAnnotation)).FirstOrDefault();
        var originalColorMap = originalColormapAnnotation.Content as HeatmapColorMap;

        // Perform exporting functionality(serializing\deserializing)
        var cloned = (SciChartSurface)base.CreateCloneOfSurfaceInMemory(newSize);

        var newWindow = new Window();
        newWindow.Content = cloned;
        newWindow.Show();
        newWindow.Close();

        return cloned;
    }
}

Opening a new window is a workaround to prevent the HeatmapColorMap from disappearing after exporting, because it disappears otherwise.
This works fine when exporting a PNG at non-default size but it does not work when exporting as XPS. I get the following exception :

System.InvalidOperationException: ‘Specified element is already the logical child of another element. Disconnect it first.’

Why do I have this exception ? Is there any way around it ?
There are quite a few bugs when exporting charts, it would be nice to have them fixed.

Thank you in advance !

Hello SciChart,

I’m using SciChart:PerformanceHelper.EnableExtremeResamplers=”True” on my SciChart surface to display data with multiple gaps properly (NaN values), however the XPS output using ExportToFile does not work well and only renders the data to the first gap. Is there a workaround to this issue or how can it be fixed? Thank you.

Kind regards
Ondřej

Hello,

I would like to know if there is a possibility to export 3d charts to XPS format. I’ve tried using ExportToFile extension method:
sciChart.ExportToFile(filePath, ExportType.Xps, true);

While this method works well on 2d chart, it throws an exception:

InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type ‘SciChart.Charting3D.SciChart3DSurface’ to type ‘SciChart.Charting.Visuals.SciChartSurface’.

Stack Trace:
at SciChart.Charting.Visuals.SciChartSurfaceBase.CreateCloneOfSurfaceInMemory(Size newSize)
at SciChart.Charting.Visuals.SciChartSurfaceBase.ExportToFileInternal(String fileName, ExportType exportType, Boolean useXamlRenderSurface, Nullable`1 size)
at SciChart.Charting.Visuals.SciChartSurfaceBase.ExportToFile(String fileName, ExportType exportType, Boolean useXamlRenderSurface)
…

It suggests there is no way to export 3d charts, am I correct?

Hi,

I’m trying to export my graphs using the XamlRenderSurface and the ExportToXPS extension function.

I can export a BitmapImage from it fine but the xps image only has the Axis lines and a vertical annotation on it. See images for comparison.

Also, it outright crashes in some other graphs I have on Get MinorDelta because of a null reference exception, no additional info is given out by DebugWhySciCharDoesntRender = true. Likewise in this case, I can export to bitmap just fine. I am using custom tick providers.

I should also note that I’m rendering the charts from memory they’re not visually displayed when export them.