How to convert the chart created from external data range using XlsIO?
This article explains how to convert a chart created with an external data range using XlsIO in C#/VB.NET.
What is chart with external data?
A chart created with the data from an external workbook is called a chart with external data. The chart from the current worksheet holds a chart cache to maintain the chart data. For conversion, ExcelChartToImageConverter uses that cache information when the chart is created with an external data range. By default, XlsIO does not parse the chart cache information. So, we must set the IsChartCacheEnabled property to true in IApplication to parse that cache information before opening the Excel file. After parsing the cache information, it is used for converting the chart properly.
To convert chart created with external data range, you need to follow the below steps.
Steps to convert s chart with an external data range
- Enable the chart cache parsing to parse the data from the chart.
using Syncfusion.ExcelChartToImageConverter; using Syncfusion.ExcelToPdfConverter; using Syncfusion.Pdf; using Syncfusion.XlsIO; using System.IO; using System.Reflection; namespace XlsIO_Sample { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine()) { IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel; // Enable the chart cache parsing application.IsChartCacheEnabled = true; // Instantiate chart to image converter application.ChartToImageConverter = new ChartToImageConverter(); application.ChartToImageConverter.ScalingMode = ScalingMode.Best; IWorkbook workbook; // Open existing workbook with data entered Assembly assembly = typeof(Program).GetTypeInfo().Assembly; Stream fileStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("CSharpSample.Sample.xlsx"); workbook = application.Workbooks.Open(fileStream, ExcelOpenType.Automatic); IChart chart = workbook.Worksheets[0].Charts[0]; IRange range = chart.DataRange; // Open the Excel Document to Convert ExcelToPdfConverter converter = new ExcelToPdfConverter(workbook); // Converting workbook to PDF PdfDocument doc = converter.Convert(); // Saving the PDF document Stream stream = File.Create("Output.pdf"); doc.Save(stream); converter.Dispose(); doc.Close(true); } } } }
- Instantiate ChartToImageConverter in IApplication and set the scaling mode for the chart while conversion.
// Instantiate chart to image converter application.ChartToImageConverter = new ChartToImageConverter(); application.ChartToImageConverter.ScalingMode = ScalingMode.Best;
- Convert the workbook to PDF and saving the pdf file.
// Open the Excel Document to Convert ExcelToPdfConverter converter = new ExcelToPdfConverter(workbook); // Converting workbook to PDF PdfDocument doc = converter.Convert(); // Saving the PDF document Stream stream = File.Create("Output.pdf"); doc.Save(stream);
To know more about chart conversion using XlsIO, please refer the documentation.
The following C#/VB.NET complete code snippet shows how to convert a chart with an external data range.
using Syncfusion.ExcelChartToImageConverter;
using Syncfusion.ExcelToPdfConverter;
using Syncfusion.Pdf;
using Syncfusion.XlsIO;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
namespace XlsIO_Sample
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
//Enable the chart cache parsing
application.IsChartCacheEnabled = true;
//Instantiate chart to image converter
application.ChartToImageConverter = new ChartToImageConverter();
application.ChartToImageConverter.ScalingMode = ScalingMode.Best;
IWorkbook workbook;
//Open existing workbook with data entered
Assembly assembly = typeof(Program).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
Stream fileStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("CSharpSample.Sample.xlsx");
workbook = application.Workbooks.Open(fileStream, ExcelOpenType.Automatic);
IChart chart = workbook.Worksheets[0].Charts[0];
IRange range = chart.DataRange;
//Open the Excel Document to Convert
ExcelToPdfConverter converter = new ExcelToPdfConverter(workbook);
//Converting workbook to PDF
PdfDocument doc = converter.Convert();
//Saving the PDF document
Stream stream = File.Create("Output.pdf");
doc.Save(stream);
converter.Dispose();
doc.Close(true);
}
}
}
}
Imports Syncfusion.XlsIO
Imports Syncfusion.ExcelChartToImageConverter
Imports Syncfusion.ExcelToPdfConverter
Imports Syncfusion.Pdf
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.IO
Namespace XlsIO_Sample
Module Program
Public Sub Main()
'Instantiate the spreadsheet creation engine
Using excelEngine As ExcelEngine = New ExcelEngine()
Dim application As IApplication = excelEngine.Excel
'Enable the chart cache parsing
application.IsChartCacheEnabled = False
'Instantiate chart to image converter
application.ChartToImageConverter = New ChartToImageConverter()
application.ChartToImageConverter.ScalingMode = ScalingMode.Best
'Open existing workbook
Dim workbook As IWorkbook
Dim assembly As Assembly = GetType(Program).GetTypeInfo().Assembly
Dim fileStream As Stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("VBSample.Sample.xlsx")
workbook = application.Workbooks.Open(fileStream, ExcelOpenType.Automatic)
'Open the Excel Document to Convert
Dim converter As New ExcelToPdfConverter(workbook)
'Converting to PDF
Dim doc As PdfDocument = converter.Convert()
'Saving the PDF file
Dim stream As Stream = File.Create("Output.pdf")
doc.Save(stream)
converter.Dispose()
excelEngine.Dispose()
doc.Close(True)
End Using
End Sub
End Module
End Namespace
The screenshot below shows the output chart with an external data range after conversion.
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed learning about how to convert a chart created with an external data range using XlsIO in C#/VB.NET.
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