ChartExtensionsConvertToImageStream Method

Saves the chart to a memory stream using the given image format and returns the stream, ready for reading.

Namespace: GSF.Windows.Forms
Assembly: GSF.Windows (in GSF.Windows.dll) Version: 2.4.207-beta

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public static Stream ConvertToImageStream(
	this Chart chart,
	ChartImageFormat format = ChartImageFormat.Png
)

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function ConvertToImageStream ( 
	chart As Chart,
	Optional format As ChartImageFormat = ChartImageFormat.Png
) As Stream

public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
static Stream^ ConvertToImageStream(
	Chart^ chart, 
	ChartImageFormat format = ChartImageFormat::Png
)

[<ExtensionAttribute>]
static member ConvertToImageStream : 
        chart : Chart * 
        ?format : ChartImageFormat 
(* Defaults:
        let _format = defaultArg format ChartImageFormat.Png
*)
-> Stream

GSF.Windows.Forms.ChartExtensions.ConvertToImageStream = function(chart, format);

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Parameters

chart Chart: The chart to be saved to the stream.
format ChartImageFormat (Optional): The format to used to save the image.

Return Value

Stream
The stream containing the chart as an image.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type Chart. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Reference

ChartExtensions Class

GSF.Windows.Forms Namespace