Hi Georgi

Thanks a lot for your help on this.

1/ I have been playing around with the rectangle for the legend location but was hoping for more friendly and less risky means of positioning.

2/ I have attached a copy of the C# code and a screenshot of the application. You will notice the term "Monthly" along the XAxis near the bottom, that is the text I want to hide but I still want to display the term "Monthly" in the legend, just remove from the XAxis is all I am after.

I cannot seem to attach a zip file to these posts, no toolbar item and Firefox will not let me paste in a zip file. How do you guys do it.

        private void Attempt7()
        {
            this.ultraChart1.Visible = true;

            this.ultraChart1.CompositeChart.ChartAreas.Clear();
            this.ultraChart1.CompositeChart.ChartLayers.Clear();

            ultraChart1.ChartType = ChartType.Composite;
            ultraChart1.BackColor = Color.White;
            ultraChart1.Data.ZeroAligned = true;
            ultraChart1.TitleTop.Text = "Cost Report";
            ultraChart1.TitleTop.FontColor = Color.Black;
            ultraChart1.TitleTop.Font = new Font("Arial", 14.0F, FontStyle.Bold);
            ultraChart1.TitleTop.HorizontalAlign = StringAlignment.Center;

            this.ultraChart1.Tooltips.FormatString = "<DATA_VALUE:#,0.####>";

            // Create the Chart Area
            ChartArea chartArea = new ChartArea();
            chartArea.BoundsMeasureType = MeasureType.Percentage;
            chartArea.Bounds = new Rectangle(25, 10, 74, 90);
            chartArea.Border.Thickness = 0;

            NumericSeries columnSeries = new NumericSeries();
            foreach (OLAPReportingDS.DTReportChartDataRow dataRow in this.TypedDataSource.DTReportChartData)
            {
                columnSeries.Points.Add(new NumericDataPoint((double)dataRow.Cost, dataRow.PerStartDate.ToString("MMM-yy", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture), false));
                columnSeries.PEs.Add(new PaintElement(Color.CornflowerBlue));
            }
            columnSeries.Label = "Monthly"; // if you change this to something else then the


            NumericSeries lineSeries = new NumericSeries();
            foreach (OLAPReportingDS.DTReportChartDataRow dataRow in this.TypedDataSource.DTReportChartData)
            {
                lineSeries.Points.Add(new NumericDataPoint((double)dataRow.CumulativeCost, dataRow.PerStartDate.ToString("MMM-yy", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture), false));
                lineSeries.PEs.Add(new PaintElement(Color.Orange));
            }
            lineSeries.Label = "Cumulative";


            AxisItem xAxis = new AxisItem();
            xAxis.OrientationType = AxisNumber.X_Axis;
            xAxis.DataType = AxisDataType.String;
            xAxis.SetLabelAxisType = SetLabelAxisType.GroupBySeries;
            xAxis.LineColor = Color.White;
            xAxis.Labels.FontColor = Color.Black;
            xAxis.Labels.ItemFormatString = "<ITEM_LABEL>";
            xAxis.Labels.Layout.Behavior = AxisLabelLayoutBehaviors.Auto;
            xAxis.Labels.VerticalAlign = StringAlignment.Far;
            xAxis.Labels.HorizontalAlign = StringAlignment.Near;
            xAxis.Labels.Orientation = TextOrientation.Horizontal;
            xAxis.MajorGridLines.Visible = false;
            xAxis.Labels.Visible = false;

            AxisItem x2Axis = new AxisItem();
            x2Axis.OrientationType = AxisNumber.X_Axis;
            x2Axis.DataType = AxisDataType.String;
            x2Axis.LineColor = Color.Transparent;
            x2Axis.SetLabelAxisType = SetLabelAxisType.ContinuousData;
            x2Axis.Labels.Visible = false;

            AxisItem yAxis = new AxisItem();
            yAxis.OrientationType = AxisNumber.Y_Axis;
            yAxis.Extent = 70;
            yAxis.TickmarkStyle = AxisTickStyle.Smart;
            yAxis.DataType = AxisDataType.Numeric;
            yAxis.LineColor = Color.Black;
            yAxis.Labels.FontColor = Color.Black;
            yAxis.Labels.ItemFormatString = "<DATA_VALUE:#,0.####>";
            yAxis.MajorGridLines.Visible = false;

            AxisItem y2Axis = new AxisItem();
            y2Axis.OrientationType = AxisNumber.Y2_Axis;
            y2Axis.Extent = 70;
            y2Axis.TickmarkStyle = AxisTickStyle.Smart;
            y2Axis.MajorGridLines.Visible = false;
            y2Axis.DataType = AxisDataType.Numeric;
            y2Axis.LineColor = Color.Black;
            y2Axis.Labels.FontColor = Color.Black;
            y2Axis.Labels.ItemFormatString = "<DATA_VALUE:#,0.####>";

            ChartLayerAppearance columnLayer = new ChartLayerAppearance();
            columnLayer.ChartType = ChartType.ColumnChart;
            columnLayer.Series.Add(columnSeries);
            columnLayer.ChartArea = chartArea;
            columnLayer.AxisX = xAxis;
            columnLayer.AxisY = yAxis;
            ColumnChartAppearance columnApp = new ColumnChartAppearance();//  ColumnLayer.ChartTypeAppearance, ColumnChartAppearance);
            columnApp.ColumnSpacing = 3;
            columnApp.SeriesSpacing = 4;
            columnLayer.ChartTypeAppearance = columnApp;



            ChartLayerAppearance lineLayer = new ChartLayerAppearance();
            lineLayer.ChartType = ChartType.LineChart;
            lineLayer.Series.Add(lineSeries);
            lineLayer.ChartArea = chartArea;
            lineLayer.AxisX = x2Axis;
            lineLayer.AxisY = y2Axis;
            LineChartAppearance lineChartAppearance = new LineChartAppearance();
            lineChartAppearance.DrawStyle = LineDrawStyle.Solid;
            lineChartAppearance.Thickness = 5;
            lineChartAppearance.MidPointAnchors = true;
            lineChartAppearance.HighLightLines = true;
            lineChartAppearance.NullHandling = NullHandling.DontPlot;
            lineLayer.ChartTypeAppearance = lineChartAppearance;


            chartArea.Axes.Add(xAxis);
            chartArea.Axes.Add(x2Axis);
            chartArea.Axes.Add(yAxis);
            chartArea.Axes.Add(y2Axis);

            ultraChart1.CompositeChart.ChartAreas.Add(chartArea);
            ultraChart1.CompositeChart.ChartLayers.Add(columnLayer);
            ultraChart1.CompositeChart.ChartLayers.Add(lineLayer);
            ultraChart1.CompositeChart.Series.Add(columnSeries);
            ultraChart1.CompositeChart.Series.Add(lineSeries);

            ultraChart1.Legend.DataAssociation = ChartTypeData.SplitData;

            // Add a Legend
            CompositeLegend chartLegend = new CompositeLegend();

            columnLayer.LegendItem = LegendItemType.Series;
            lineLayer.LegendItem = LegendItemType.Series;
            chartLegend.ChartLayers.Add(columnLayer);
            chartLegend.ChartLayers.Add(lineLayer);
            chartLegend.BoundsMeasureType = MeasureType.Percentage;
            chartLegend.Bounds = new Rectangle(34, 96, 20, 4);

            chartArea.BoundsMeasureType = MeasureType.Percentage;
            chartArea.Bounds = new Rectangle(0, 10, 98, 100);

            chartLegend.PE.ElementType = PaintElementType.Gradient;
            chartLegend.PE.FillGradientStyle = GradientStyle.Circular;
            chartLegend.PE.Fill = Color.White;
            chartLegend.PE.FillStopColor = Color.White;
            chartLegend.Border.CornerRadius = 10;
            chartLegend.Border.Thickness = 1;
            chartLegend.LabelStyle.FontSizeBestFit = true;
            ultraChart1.CompositeChart.Legends.Add(chartLegend);
            this.ultraChart1.Legend.Location = LegendLocation.Bottom;


            this.ultraChart1.TitleLeft.VerticalAlign = StringAlignment.Center;
            this.ultraChart1.TitleLeft.HorizontalAlign = StringAlignment.Center;
            this.ultraChart1.TitleLeft.Text = "Monthly";
            this.ultraChart1.TitleLeft.FontColor = Color.Black;
            Font font3 = new Font(this.ultraChart1.TitleLeft.Font.FontFamily, 10, FontStyle.Bold);
            this.ultraChart1.TitleLeft.Font = font3;
            this.ultraChart1.TitleLeft.Visible = true;

            this.ultraChart1.TitleRight.VerticalAlign = StringAlignment.Center;
            this.ultraChart1.TitleRight.HorizontalAlign = StringAlignment.Center;
            this.ultraChart1.TitleRight.Text = "Cumulative";
            this.ultraChart1.TitleRight.FontColor = Color.Black;
            Font font4 = new Font(this.ultraChart1.TitleRight.Font.FontFamily, 10, FontStyle.Bold);
            this.ultraChart1.TitleRight.Font = font4;
            this.ultraChart1.TitleRight.Visible = true;

        }

Regards

geoffhop