I want to save a chart as Image with Save File Dialog when a button is clicked. My Application type is c# Windows Forms Application. So that user can save the image file in any directory where he/she wishes.
I have made a work around:
private void exportAsImagebtn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
SaveFileDialog saveFileDialog = new SaveFileDialog();
saveFileDialog.Filter = "PNG Image|*.png|JPeg Image|*.jpg";
saveFileDialog.Title = "Save Chart As Image File";
saveFileDialog.FileName = "Sample.png";
DialogResult result = saveFileDialog.ShowDialog();
saveFileDialog.RestoreDirectory = true;
if (result == DialogResult.OK && saveFileDialog.FileName != "")
{
try
{
if (saveFileDialog.CheckPathExists)
{
if (saveFileDialog.FilterIndex == 2)
{
chart.SaveImage(saveFileDialog.FileName, ChartImageFormat.Jpeg);
}
else if (saveFileDialog.FilterIndex == 1)
{
chart.SaveImage(saveFileDialog.FileName, ChartImageFormat.Png);
}
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("Given Path does not exist");
}
}
catch(Exception ex){
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}
}