I am trying to create a graph that will show the progress of a workout. Every five button clicks a tick should be added to the graph. This is a example of how it should look.
1 http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/7633/clickgraph.png
For demonstration purposes I am using a button click, In production the clicks will be every twenty revolutions of a wheel.
private int counter = 0;
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
counter++;
// code will go here
}
Thanks in advance
You can use either a Bitmap Buffer
or a panel
to draw on. Here is a headstart: Just a sample.
reference.
This solution is based on WinForms
& Panel_Paint()
. You may try to add vertical Progress Label and Chart's Y Axis value labeling.
Code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1(){
InitializeComponent();
}
private int counter = 0;
private int px = 10;
private int py = 180;
private int total5Clicks = 0;
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
counter++;
label1.Text = "Total Clicks = " + counter.ToString();
if (Math.Abs(counter % 5) == 0){
if (Math.Abs(counter / 5) > 0){
total5Clicks = total5Clicks + 1;
PaintOnChartPanel(total5Clicks);}
}
}
private void panel1_Paint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e){
}
private void PaintOnChartPanel(int total5Times)
{
//Add a new Panel Paint EventHandler
panel1.Paint += new PaintEventHandler(panel1_Paint);
using (Graphics g = this.panel1.CreateGraphics())
{
Brush brush = new SolidBrush(Color.Green);
g.FillRectangle(brush, px, py, 20, 20);
Pen pen = new Pen(new SolidBrush(Color.White));
g.DrawRectangle(pen, px, py, 20, 20);
//add each total5Click into chart block
g.DrawString((total5Times).ToString(), new Font("Arial", 7),
new SolidBrush(Color.AntiqueWhite),
px + 1, py+8, StringFormat.GenericDefault);
pen.Dispose();}
if (py > 20){
py = py - 20;}
else{
MessageBox.Show("Reached Top of the Panel");
if (px < 200){
px = px + 20;
py = 180;}
else{
MessageBox.Show("Reached Right of the Panel");
}
}
}
}
}
Output Form:
You can determine if you have a multiple of five with
bool drawTickMark = clicks % 5 == 0;
%
is the modulo operator which returns the remainder of an integer division. E.g. 13 % 5 = 3
and 13 / 5 = 2
because 2 * 5 + 3 = 13
.
clicks % 5
will be zero for clicks = 0, 5, 10, 15, ...
I'm not much of an ASP.NET guy but here's an algorithm you can use to draw the squares
int perColumn = Height / squareSize;
int totalColumns = (squareCount / perColumn) + 1;
for (int y = 0; y <= totalColumns - 1; y++)
{
int itemCount = squareCount - (y * perColumn);
if (itemCount > perColumn)
itemCount = perColumn;
for (int x = 0; x <= itemCount - 1; x++)
e.Graphics.FillRectangle(RandomBrush, New Rectangle((column * SquareSize) + 3, (i * SquareSize) + 3, SquareSize - 2, SquareSize - 2))
public sealed class ClickGraph : Control
{
private int squareCount = 1;
public int SquareCount
{
get
{
return squareCount;
}
set
{
squareCount = value;
Invalidate();
}
}
private int squareSize = 25;
public int SquareSize
{
get
{
return squareSize;
}
set
{
squareSize = value;
Invalidate();
}
}
public ClickGraph()
{
SetStyle(ControlStyles.ResizeRedraw, true);
}
protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
{
e.Graphics.Clear(BackColor);
int perColumn = Height / squareSize;
int totalColumns = (squareCount / perColumn) + 1;
for (int y = 0; y <= totalColumns - 1; y++)
{
int itemCount = squareCount - (y * perColumn);
if (itemCount > perColumn)
itemCount = perColumn;
for (int x = 0; x <= itemCount - 1; x++)
e.Graphics.FillRectangle(RandomBrush, New Rectangle((column * SquareSize) + 3, (i * SquareSize) + 3, SquareSize - 2, SquareSize - 2))
}
}
}