Silverlight Chart Question

I haven't enough rep points to post an image yet but given a Silverlight 4 chart example using ColumnSeries, how can I make each of the sub columns within a single column that are currently stacked up on top of each other sit side by side?

e.g Column NVQ2 shows value columns for 5 different locations, Column NVQ3 shows value columns for 5 different locations

I need the locations to sit side by side and not be stacked on top of each other.

Code for the graph:

foreach (ER_Location theLocation in UserSelections.TheDataSet.ER_Locations)
                    {
                        ER_Year myYear = (ER_Year)SeriesSelection.SelectedItem;
                        ColumnSeries newSeries = new ColumnSeries();
                        newSeries.ItemsSource = UserSelections.GetDataRowsByYearAndLocation(theLocation.Location_ID, (int)myYear.Year);
                        newSeries.IndependentValueBinding = new System.Windows.Data.Binding("Variable_ID");
                        newSeries.DependentValueBinding = new System.Windows.Data.Binding("Value");
                        newSeries.Title = theLocation.Name;
                        newSeries.IsSelectionEnabled = true;
                        开发者_如何转开发MainChart.Series.Add(newSeries);
                    }

Update:

This is how the chart is rendering at present:

My guess is your code has the following using statement:-

using System.Windows.Controls.DataVisualization.Charting.Compatible

There are actually two different types with the name ColumnSeries. One is in the above namespace and it derives from StackedColumnSeries.

However the original non-stacked ColumnSeries exists in the main Charting namespace. This type will place each column side-by-side. Hence I suspect all you need to do is eliminate the extra .Compatible from your using:-

using System.Windows.Controls.DataVisualization.Charting;

You will have to create a class with the color property.

Example,

public class MyColor
{
    public Brush ChartColor { get; set; }
}

then create a list of your favorite colors like

List<MyColor> colorList = new List<MyColor>
{
    new MyColor
      { ChartColor = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Blue)},
    new MyColor
      { ChartColor = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Green) },
    ...
    ...
}

From Xaml, bind the background color of the datapoint to ChartColor