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ASP:Chart Colour Palette

In ASP.Net there is a really easy way to create charts, using the asp:chart tag.

There are pre-defined colour palettes that you can use, or you can create your own. Here are the built in ones:

Berry: 8A2BE2,BA55D3,4169E1,C71585,0000FF,8019E0,DA70D6,7B68EE,C000C0,0000CD,800080
Bright: 008000,0000FF,800080,800080,FF00FF,008080,FFFF00,808080,00FFFF,000080,800000,FF3939,7F7F00,C0C0C0,FF6347,FFE4B5
BrightPastel: 418CF0,FCB441,DF3A02,056492,BFBFBF,1A3B69,FFE382,129CDD,CA6B4B,005CDB,F3D288,506381,F1B9A8,E0830A,7893BE
Chocolate: A0522D,D2691E,8B0000,CD853F,A52A2A,F4A460,8B4513,C04000,B22222,B65C3A
EarthTones: 33023,B8860B,C04000,6B8E23,CD853F,C0C000,228B22,D2691E,808000,20B2AA,F4A460,00C000,8FBC8B,B22222,843A05,C00000
Excel: 9999FF,993366,FFFFCC,CCFFFF,660066,FF8080,0063CB,CCCCFF,000080,FF00FF,FFFF00,00FFFF,800080,800000,007F7F,0000FF
Fire: FFD700,FF0000,FF1493,DC143C,FF8C00,FF00FF,FFFF00,FF4500,C71585,DDE221
GrayScale: C8C8C8,BDBDBD,B2B2B2,A7A7A7,9C9C9C,919191,868686,7A7A7A,707070,656565,565656,4F4F4F,424242,393939,2E2E2E,232323
Light: E6E6FA,FFF0F5,FFDAB9,,FFFACD,,FFE4E1,F0FFF0,F0F8FF,F5F5F5,FAEBD7,E0FFFF
Pastel: 87CEEB,32CD32,BA55D3,F08080,4682B4,9ACD32,40E0D0,FF69B4,F0E68C,D2B48C,8FBC8B,6495ED,DDA0DD,5F9EA0,FFDAB9,FFA07A
SeaGreen: 2E8B57,66CDAA,4682B4,008B8B,5F9EA0,38B16E,48D1CC,B0C4DE,8FBC8B,87CEEB
SemiTransparent: FF6969,69FF69,6969FF,FFFF5D,69FFFF,FF69FF,CDB075,FFAFAF,AFFFAF,AFAFFF,FFFFAF,AFFFFF,FFAFFF,E4D5B5,A4B086,819EC1

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Usage example (for a bar chart)

<asp:Chart ID=”chartClients” runat=”server” Height=”800px” Width=”1000px” >
<Titles>
<asp:Title Font=”Calibri, 12pt, style=Bold, Italic” Name=”Title1″ Text=”This is the title of the chart”></asp:Title>
</Titles>
<series>
<asp:Series Name=”Series1″ Label=”#VAL” Palette=”Berry” XValueMember=”<Field Name that is text>” YValueMembers=”<Field name that is number>” IsValueShownAsLabel=”False” ChartType=”Column” XValueType=”String” YValueType=”Int32″ />
</series>
<chartareas>
<asp:ChartArea Name=”ChartArea1″ Area3DStyle-Enable3D=”true”>
<AxisX Interval=”1″ LabelAutoFitStyle=”LabelsAngleStep90″>
</AxisX>
<AxisY Interval=”10″ LabelAutoFitStyle=”LabelsAngleStep90″>
</AxisY>
</asp:ChartArea>
</chartareas>
</asp:Chart>

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Visual Studio Keyboard Shortcuts

I always struggle to remember particular keyboard shortcuts for Visual Studio – there are just so many!

The most common ones we use are

Ctrl + K + C (Comment)

Ctrl + K + U (Un-Comment)

Ctrl + K + D (Format Document)

There is a complete list of all Visual Studio shortcuts that is really useful on http://www.shortcutworld.com/en/win/Visual-Studio_2010.html