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Last updated: 28th of April, 2025
We’ve moved over to a new format for communicating our releases and updates of our popular WPF Charts library, by publishing a rolling changelog of every fix or enhancement in SciChart.
You can find the changelogs in the top menu at Developers -> Changelogs -> SciChart WPF ChangeLog
What’s New in v8.8 of SciChart’s WPF Charts?
This release (v8.8.0 build 28567) is a cumulative update with fixes and minor enhancements which is backward compatible to version 8.0 of SciChart WPF. It’s recommended for all users on v8.x to upgrade.
To find out what is new since v8.7, read on below:
Color Mapping with PaletteMinimum and PaletteMaximum in 3D Waterfalls
The GradientColorPalette can now be used to map a gradient of colors to heights in the WaterfallRenderableSeries3D, limited to a specific VisibleRange.
The color mapping to Y-values works as follows:
Y-values equal to PaletteMinimum are drawn using the Color at Offset 0.
Y-values equal to PaletteMaximum are drawn using the Color at Offset 1.
All other Y-values, including those outside the range between PaletteMinimum and PaletteMaximum, are mapped using linear interpolation between the defined gradient stops.
New “Market / Volume Profile Chart” Example
This example demonstrates a multi-layered volume and price analysis chart combining several advanced features that can reveal deep insights into both the vertical (price) and horizontal (volume/time) dynamics of the market:
The example demonstrates usage of the following features:
Market/Volume Profile Series (right side):
Rendered using FastMarketProfileRenderableSeries, this shows the cumulative trading activity at different price levels across the entire chart. Areas of high and low volume concentration are easily identifiable, highlighting key support and resistance zones.Candlestick Series with Dynamic Volume Views (center):
The chart in the center is rendered with FastHistoBarRenderableSeries. Each candlestick is enhanced with detailed volume breakdowns, using different visualization modes. PaletteProvider API can be used to highlight insividual volume bars.Volume Ladder: Displays volume distributed vertically across individual price levels within each candlestick, separated into buy (green) and sell (red) volumes.
Cumulative Volume: Aggregates tick volumes per bar to show net buying or selling pressure over the bar’s lifespan.
Volume Profile per Candle: Highlights where trading activity was concentrated inside each bar, offering a micro-profile view.
- Volume Candlestick Series (bottom):
A separate volume candlestick chart is plotted below the main chart area using FastVolumeCandlestickRenderableSeries. It visualizes cumulative tick volume using Candlesticks, representing high, low, and close volume values.
The source code for the “Market Profile Chart” example can be found in the SciChart Examples Demo on GitHub.
Other Improvements
- Improved hit-test precision for Waterfall 3D chart
- Enhanced control over how SciChart loads native dependencies: added the MaxRetryAttempts and DelayBetweenRetriesMs properties to fine-tune the loading behavior in cases where files may be temporarily locked or inaccessible.
- Documentation updates
Bug Fixes
- SC-8535 Fixed an exception when SciChart could not locate native dependencies when launching a published self-contained app
- SC-8637 Fixed an issue when SciChart couldn’t load native dependencies temporarily locked by other processes
- SC-8584 Fixed an issue when the CameraUpdated event was triggered from a non-UI thread in SciChart3D
- SC-8639 Fixed a crash with RolloverMarker with FastStripeRenderableSeries
- SC-8674 Fixed SciChartScrollbar behavior for IndexDateTimeAxis
- SC-8550 Fixed incorrect rendering of Candlestick Series with flipped IndexDateTimeAxis
- SC-8589 Fixed missing selection marker for VerticalLineAnnotation when IsSelected = True
- SC-8622 Fixed width calculation for Market Profile series
- SC-8623 Fixed ZeroLine rendering for VolumeCandlstick series
- SC-8675 Fixed issue when series Opacity would not be applied to Market Profile series
- SC-8682 Fixed an issue with sizing of the last bar & histogram
- SC-8686 Fixed Market Profile rendering issue when Candle bars would overlap Histograms
- SC-8690 Fixed Histogram Bars disappearing for both edge prices
Full list of changes for this and previous updates can be found at the SciChart WPF Changelog
Where to get it
SciChart WPF v8.8 is available by:
- Downloading the installer from our scichart.com/downloads page
- Using Install-Package or Update-Package from NuGet
- By cloning and compiling the examples source code on GitHub
- By cloning or downloading the SciChart source code on GitHub (source code customers only)
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By Yuriy Zadereckii | Apr 28, 2025
Yuriy is a seasoned Team Lead and Senior C# Developer at SciChart, specializing in .NET and C# solutions. With a strong focus on performance and scalability, Yuriy leads teams to deliver high-quality, data-intensive applications, driving projects from concept through to deployment.
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