GraphControl

[Jennifer84]

I have a wondering. I am using something called ZedGraphControl to draw a Graph. I have managed to do all this work, to draw a Graph out of different values.
The problem is that if I have drawed a graph and change some values and draw a Graph again, the previous Graph doesn´t dissapear from the diagram.
So what happens is that each time I press the button a new Graph is drawned to the diagram.

The function that do draw the Graph look like below where the last line: "myCurve =" is the line that draw the Graph.
I beleive I have to "delete" or refresh the GraphArea from Drawn lines.
I am really stuck and any idéas would be greatful.
I ex: tried to write myCurve.Clear(); but this didn´t have any effect.

void CreateGraph( ZedGraphControl ^z1 )
{
// Get a reference to the GraphPane instance in the ZedGraphControl
GraphPane ^myPane = z1->GraphPane;

// Generate a red curve 						
LineItem ^myCurve;
myCurve = myPane->AddCurve( L"Curve1", list, Color::Red, SymbolType::None );
}

[Ancient Dragon]

Try redrawing the original graph with the same color as the background so that the lines will get erased, then draw the new graph.

[Jennifer84]

Thanks. There might be 2 problems perheps if I try to do that.
The backgroundcolor of the diagram is going from ::Gray to LightGray:: so there is not one color.
For the line below, the code also attach some text to the diagram "Curve1" so this text adds each time I press the button. So it seems that a line and the text just adds for each buttonpress.

LineItem ^myCurve;
myCurve = myPane->AddCurve( L"Curve1", list, Color::Red, SymbolType::None );

What I had in mind but are not sure is that if there is any method to Clear() everyting in the diagramcontrol as you do for a textBox ex: textBox1->Text = "". The control is called zg1 but I cant find any ->Clear() members or ->Delete().
I tried to write zg1->Invalidate(); but this did not help.

The function is written like this if this gives any help:
I know this isn´t a standardItem in the C++ toolBox but I give it a try.

void CreateGraph( ZedGraphControl ^z1 )
{
}

Try redrawing the original graph with the same color as the background so that the lines will get erased, then draw the new graph.

[mitrmkar]

For the line below, the code also attach some text to the diagram "Curve1" so this text adds each time I press the button. So it seems that a line and the text just adds for each buttonpress.

LineItem ^myCurve;
myCurve = myPane->AddCurve( L"Curve1", list, Color::Red, SymbolType::None );

Yes, AddCurve() adds a new curve (and the related title to graph's legend) as its name implies.

What I had in mind but are not sure is that if there is any method to Clear() everyting in the diagramcontrol as you do for a textBox ex: textBox1->Text = "". The control is called zg1 but I cant find any ->Clear() members or ->Delete().

Related to that ...

// remove all curves
while(z1->GraphPane->CurveList->Count > 0)
    z1->GraphPane->CurveList->Remove(z1->GraphPane->CurveList[0]);
// ... now you need to add at least one curve to have something
// displayed

// remove a specific curve
CurveItem ^ remove = z1->GraphPane->CurveList["name_of_the_curve"];
if(remove)  // does it exist?
    z1->GraphPane->CurveList->Remove(remove);

// instead of removing/clearing curves,
// a light-weight method is to modify the curve's list directly
CurveItem ^ curve = z1->GraphPane->CurveList["name_of_the_curve"];
if(curve)
{
    // try accessing the list
    IPointListEdit ^list = dynamic_cast<IPointListEdit ^>(curve->Points);

    if(list)
    {
        // throw away all current values
        list->Clear();

        // ... and add some new
        for ( int i = 0; i < 36; i++ )
        {
            double x = (double)i * 5.0;
            double y = Math::Sin( (double)i * Math::PI / 15.0 ) * 16.0;
            double y2 = y * 13.5;

            list->Add( x, y );
        }

        // depending on what you actually changed in the graph, you
        // might need to call AxisChange() ...
        // z1->AxisChange();

        // redraw the graph
        z1->Refresh();
    }
}

[mitrmkar]

One more method to remove all curves is ...

z1->GraphPane->CurveList->Clear();

[Jennifer84]

Great thanks! This worked. I will play a bit with this code.

/J

One more method to remove all curves is ...

z1->GraphPane->CurveList->Clear();