Spread Windows Forms Designer and Sparklines

You can use the Spread Windows Forms designer to quickly design a sparkline.

Start the Spread Designer by selecting the FarPoint.SpreadDesigner.EXE from the product bin folder or by right-clicking on the FpSpread component on your form and then choosing Spread Designer.

You can create a sparkline using the following steps:

1. Add data to the designer.

   Data

2. Select the Insert tab.

   Insert Tab

3. Select a sparkline type (Sparklines section). The Create Sparklines dialog is displayed.

   Sparkline Type

4. Specify the data range and the sparkline location.

   Sparkline Range and Location

5. The Sparklines tab is displayed once you select a type.

   Sparkline Options

6. The following options are available:

   Item	Description
   Edit Data	This option allows you to change the sparkline data.
   Line, Column, or Win/Loss	This option allows you to change the type of sparkline.
   High Point	This option specifies whether to display the point for the largest value.
   Low Point	This option specifies whether to display the point for the smallest value.
   Negative Point	This option specifies whether to display points for negative values.
   First Point	This option specifies whether to display the first point on the graph.
   Last Point	This option specifies whether to display the last point on the graph.
   Markers	This option specifies whether to add points for all the data (only applies to the line sparkline).
   Sparkline Color	This option specifies the line color for the line sparkline or the data point color for the column or winloss sparkline.
   Marker Color	This option specifies the color of the data points for the line sparkline or the color of the special data points for the column or winloss sparkline (for example, first point).
   Weight	This option specifies the thickness of the line for the line sparkline.
   Axis	This option specifies the axis type, how the data is plotted, whether to display an axis, and the minimum and maximum settings for the vertical axis. The horizontal axis is only displayed if the data contains negative values.
   Group	This option allows you to group selected sparklines so they can share formatting and scaling options
   Ungroup	This option removes the grouping from selected sparklines.
   Clear	This option clears the selected sparklines.

   If the chart type is column or winloss, then selecting point options changes the color of the point indicator. Selecting point options with the line sparkline adds a data point to the line.

7. Specify the sparkline options to complete your sparkline.

   Completed Sparklines

For more information about sparklines, refer to: http://sphelp.grapecity.com/WebHelp/SpreadNet9/WF/webframe.html#spwin-sparklines.html.