PowerShell function to create a single-series spline chart from .Net chart controls and display in a WPF window
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Function New-SingleSeriesSplineChart { | |
[CmdletBinding()] | |
Param( | |
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] | |
$Title, | |
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] | |
$Data, | |
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] | |
$AxisX, | |
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] | |
$AxisY | |
) | |
# Add required assemblies | |
Add-Type -AssemblyName PresentationFramework,System.Windows.Forms,System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization | |
# Create a WPF Window | |
$Window = New-object System.Windows.Window | |
$Window.Title = $Title | |
$window.Height = 800 | |
$Window.Width = 800 | |
$Window.WindowStartupLocation = "CenterScreen" | |
# Add an image to the Window | |
$Image = New-Object System.Windows.Controls.Image | |
$Image.Height = "NaN" | |
$Image.Width = "NaN" | |
$Window.AddChild($Image) | |
# Function to create a .Net Spline Chart | |
Function Create-SplineChart { | |
param($Title,$Data,$AxisX,$AxisY) | |
# Create a chart object | |
$Chart = New-object System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.Chart | |
$Chart.Width = 800 | |
$Chart.Height = 800 | |
$Chart.Left = 10 | |
$Chart.Top = 10 | |
# Create a chartarea to draw on and add this to the chart | |
$ChartArea = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.ChartArea | |
$ChartArea.AxisY.Minimum = 0 | |
$ChartArea.AxisX.Minimum = 0 | |
$ChartArea.AxisX.Interval = 1 | |
$ChartArea.AxisX.IsLabelAutoFit = $false | |
$ChartArea.AxisX.LabelStyle.Angle = -45 | |
$ChartArea.Area3DStyle.Enable3D = $True | |
$ChartArea.Area3DStyle.Inclination = "10" | |
$ChartArea.Area3DStyle.Rotation = "10" | |
$ChartArea.BackColor = "AliceBlue" | |
$ChartArea.AxisX.LabelStyle.Font = (New-Object System.Drawing.Font -ArgumentList "Segui", "12") | |
$Chart.ChartAreas.Add($ChartArea) | |
[void]$Chart.Series.Add($AxisY) | |
# Add a legend | |
$Legend = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.Legend | |
$Chart.Legends.Add($Legend) | |
$Chart.Legends[0].Docking = "Bottom" | |
$Chart.Legends[0].Font = (New-Object System.Drawing.Font -ArgumentList "Segui", "12") | |
$Chart.Legends[0].Alignment = "Center" | |
# Add a datapoint for each value specified in the provided data | |
$Data | foreach { | |
$datapoint = new-object System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.DataPoint(0, $_.$AxisY) | |
$datapoint.AxisLabel = $_.$AxisX | |
$Chart.Series[$AxisY].Points.Add($datapoint) | |
} | |
# Set the chart type | |
$Chart.Series[$AxisY].ChartType = [System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.SeriesChartType]::Spline | |
# Set the title of the Chart | |
$TitleObj = new-object System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.Title | |
$Chart.Titles.Add($TitleObj) | |
$Chart.Titles[0].Font = (New-Object System.Drawing.Font -ArgumentList "Segui", "18") | |
$Chart.Titles[0].Text = $Title | |
# Save the chart to a memory stream | |
$Stream = New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream | |
$Chart.SaveImage($Stream,"png") | |
$script:ImageStream = $Stream.GetBuffer() | |
$Stream.Dispose() | |
} | |
# Add an event to display the chart when the window is opened | |
$Window.Add_ContentRendered({ | |
# Create the Chart | |
Create-SplineChart -Title $Title -Data $Data -AxisX $AxisX -AxisY $AxisY | |
# Set the image source | |
$image.Source = $ImageStream | |
$This.Activate() | |
}) | |
# Display window | |
$null = $window.Dispatcher.InvokeAsync{$window.ShowDialog()}.Wait() | |
} |
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