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Use only custom label in X-axis in .NET chart


I'm making a .NET line graph in C# with an X-axis interval of weeks. For my project, I only want to be using the custom label, but for now I still want the gridlines. Does anyone know a way to hide the default X-Axis labels while still keeping the custom labels?

I tried this:

Chart4.ChartAreas[0].AxisX.LabelStyle.Enabled = false;

The obvious result is that there were no labels applied, which is not what I was trying to do.

EDIT: The code for generating the original rows was this:

Chart4.ChartAreas["ChartArea1"].AxisX.LabelStyle.Format = "M";

And the code for the custom label was this:

int month = XValues[0].Month;
var XAxis = Chart4.ChartAreas[0].AxisX;

DateTime StartMonthPos = XValues[0];
DateTime EndPos = new DateTime();

foreach (DateTime Date in XValues)
{
    EndPos = Date;

    if (Date.Month != month)
    {
        Chart4.ChartAreas[0].AxisX.CustomLabels.Add(StartMonthPos.ToOADate(), EndPos.ToOADate(), StartMonthPos.ToString("MMMM"), 1, LabelMarkStyle.None);
        StartMonthPos = Date;
    }

    month = Date.Month;
}

XAxis.CustomLabels.Add(StartMonthPos.ToOADate(), EndPos.ToOADate(), StartMonthPos.ToString("MMMM"), 1, LabelMarkStyle.None);

The chart looks like this: Chart with dates

And it should look like this: chart without dates


Solution

  • Alright, I looked into Label controls on MSDN. In order to make the custom label appear in place of the normal label, I set the RowIndex parameter to 0, replacing the default label row. The final code for the custom rows looked like this:

        int month = XValues[0].Month;
        var XAxis = Chart4.ChartAreas[0].AxisX;
    
        DateTime StartMonthPos = XValues[0];
        DateTime EndPos = new DateTime();
    
        foreach (DateTime Date in XValues)
        {
            EndPos = Date;
    
            if (Date.Month != month)
            {
               Chart4.ChartAreas[0].AxisX.CustomLabels.Add(StartMonthPos.ToOADate(),
                  EndPos.ToOADate(), StartMonthPos.ToString("MMMM"), 0, LabelMarkStyle.None);
                StartMonthPos = Date;
            }
    
            month = Date.Month;
        }
    
        XAxis.CustomLabels.Add(StartMonthPos.ToOADate(), EndPos.ToOADate(),
              StartMonthPos.ToString("MMMM"), 0, LabelMarkStyle.None);