Dynamically Creating Pie/Bar Chart in C# WinForms

Chart control is available in Data Category of ToolBox in Windows Form Application.

If not available then

First Download Microsoft Chart Controls for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5  and install it. 

After that, right click on ToolBox, select Choose Items and then select namespaces checked in above image.

now Chart control is added into your toolbox.


Add Reference System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization
Create Chart

Step 1 : Add New Windows Form in your Application.


Add Two panels in your Form, one for Pie chart and one for Bar chart as in shown below image.

Step 2 : Go to Code Behind (C#) and initialize chart controls.

public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        Chart pieChart;
        Chart barChart;
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            InitializeChart();
        }
        private void InitializeChart()
        {

            this.components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
            ChartArea chartArea1 = new ChartArea();
            Legend legend1 = new Legend() 

              { BackColor = Color.Green, ForeColor = Color.Black, Title = "Salary" };
            Legend legend2 = new Legend() 

              { BackColor = Color.Green, ForeColor = Color.Black, Title = "Salary" };
            pieChart = new Chart();
            barChart = new Chart();

            ((ISupportInitialize)(pieChart)).BeginInit();
            ((ISupportInitialize)(barChart)).BeginInit();

            SuspendLayout();

            //===Pie chart
            chartArea1.Name = "PieChartArea";
            pieChart.ChartAreas.Add(chartArea1);
            pieChart.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill;
            legend1.Name = "Legend1";
            pieChart.Legends.Add(legend1);
            pieChart.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 50);

            //====Bar Chart
            chartArea1 = new ChartArea();
            chartArea1.Name = "BarChartArea";
            barChart.ChartAreas.Add(chartArea1);
            barChart.Dock = System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Fill;
            legend2.Name = "Legend3";
            barChart.Legends.Add(legend2);

            AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
            AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
            //this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(284, 262);           
            this.Load += new EventHandler(Form1_Load);
            ((ISupportInitialize)(this.pieChart)).EndInit();
            ((ISupportInitialize)(this.barChart)).EndInit();
            this.ResumeLayout(false);

        }

        void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            LoadPieChart();
            LoadBarChart();
        }

} 

Step 3 : Create Methods to Create Pie and Bar charts and load into Panels.

        void LoadPieChart()
        {
            pieChart.Series.Clear();
            pieChart.Palette = ChartColorPalette.Fire;
            pieChart.BackColor = Color.LightYellow;
            pieChart.Titles.Add("Employee Salary");
            pieChart.ChartAreas[0].BackColor = Color.Transparent;
            Series series1 = new Series
            {
                Name = "series1",
                IsVisibleInLegend = true,
                Color = System.Drawing.Color.Green,
                ChartType = SeriesChartType.Pie
            };
            pieChart.Series.Add(series1);
            series1.Points.Add(70000);
            series1.Points.Add(30000);
            var p1 = series1.Points[0];
            p1.AxisLabel = "70000";
            p1.LegendText = "Hiren Khirsaria";
            var p2 = series1.Points[1];
            p2.AxisLabel = "30000";
            p2.LegendText = "ABC XYZ";
            pieChart.Invalidate();
            pnlPie.Controls.Add(pieChart);
        }
        void LoadBarChart()
        {
            barChart.Series.Clear();
            barChart.BackColor = Color.LightYellow;           
            barChart.Palette = ChartColorPalette.Fire;
            barChart.ChartAreas[0].BackColor = Color.Transparent;
            barChart.ChartAreas[0].AxisX.MajorGrid.Enabled = false;
            barChart.ChartAreas[0].AxisY.MajorGrid.Enabled = false;
            Series series = new Series
            {
                Name = "series2",
                IsVisibleInLegend = false,
                ChartType = SeriesChartType.Column
            };
            barChart.Series.Add(series);
            series.Points.Add(70000);
            var p1 = series.Points[0];
            p1.Color = Color.Red;
            p1.AxisLabel = "Hiren Khirsaria";
            p1.LegendText = "Hiren Khirsaria";
            p1.Label = "70000";
           
            series.Points.Add(30000);
            var p2 = series.Points[1];
            p2.Color = Color.Yellow;
            p2.AxisLabel = "ABC XYZ";
            p2.LegendText = "ABC XYZ";
            p2.Label = "30000";
            barChart.Invalidate();
            
            pnlBar.Controls.Add(barChart);
        }

Above methods create Pie chart and Bar chart, that display employee salary.

Below image shows final result ( showing Pie and Bar charts)