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[benjamin yap]

Hi, I want to create an Annotation object inside a foreach loop with different name for it. Example

foreach(...)
{
Annotation anno_1 = charts[0].CreateAnnotation();
}

How can i create the name of the Annotation foreach item.. example anno_1, anno_2, anno_3.. thanks

[Keith Barrow]

At a stab:

List<Annotation> annotations = new List<Annotation>();

foreach(var chart in charts)
{
Annotations.Add(chart.CreateAnnotation());
}

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[OriginalGriff]

Why? How are you going to refer to them again? (without confusing the code with reflection of your running stuff?) Why not just keep them in a list like everyone else?

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[PIEBALDconsult]

Choose a different language. You can do that in DCL[^]. :-D But, seriously, use System.Collections.Generic.List<Annotation>.

[benjamin yap]

actually this is the code i want to run inside the foreach loop

        // Add annotation to the line chart.
        Annotation aonnotation = m\_ChartControl.Charts\[0\].AnnotationList.CreateAnnotation();

        // Bind annotation to the first category in the last series (Volume).
        // X coordinate is category
        // Y coordinate is series
        aonnotation.Location.TypeX = LengthType.Bound;
        aonnotation.Location.X = 6;
        aonnotation.Location.TypeY = LengthType.Bound;
        aonnotation.Location.Y = 0;

        // Set annotation properties
        aonnotation.Data = "     ";
        aonnotation.Font.Size = 4;
        aonnotation.Font.Bold = false;
        aonnotation.Color = Color.FromArgb(1, 1, 1);

        modulePath = this.GetType().Module.FullyQualifiedName;
        moduleDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(modulePath);
        aonnotation.ImageFile = Path.Combine(moduleDir, "ArrUp.png");

This code will be create in each loop, but i cannot use the same variable name aonnotation because i need different name to generate annotations onto my chart.

[Abhinav S]

Could you use an IEnumerable collection here?

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[benjamin yap]

could you give me a little sample of using IEnumerable in my above code? thanks

[Abhinav S]

foreach(...){IEnumerable anno = charts[0].CreateAnnotation();} You can then access each of the annotation objects like an array. anno[0]. = "...." etc.

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[benjamin yap]

hmm i get this error Error 21 Cannot implicitly convert type 'Manco.Chart.CF.Layout.Annotation' to 'System.Collections.IEnumerable'. An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?) I tried doing this also cant work IEnumberable anno = m_ChartControl.Charts[0].AnnotationList.CreateAnnotation();

[Abhinav S]

Apologies. This may work. IEnumerable<Annotation> anno; foreach(...){ anno.Add(charts[0].CreateAnnotation());} You can then access each of the annotation objects like an array. anno[0]. = "...." etc

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[benjamin yap]

hmm now i get this error Error 21 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<Manco.Chart.CF.Layout.Annotation>' does not contain a definition for 'Add' and no extension method 'Add' accepting a first argument of type 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<Manco.Chart.CF.Layout.Annotation>' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

[Luc Pattyn]

of course that should work. and so would a List<Annotation> as has been said earlier. I suggest you read up on the List class and some generic stuff, it is really powerful, and you can use it as an array (and more). :)

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[Keith Barrow]

[Edited to clarify my rubbish English] The problem is, judging from your code, m_ChartControl.Charts[0].AnnotationList.CreateAnnotation(); creates an individual annotation not a collection of annotations. This is causing the error you are getting. In my earlier post, List<Annotation> is IEnumerable, and it shows you how to add individual annotations. The problem you are experiencing in getting an answer here is because what you asked for in your original post is highly unusual in c# (though possible in laguages that follow a different paradigm). The normal c# practise is to create a in instance of a collection type such as list, array or collection (or their generic equivalents which are better) and add objects to the collection (rather than trying to create paremeters for each). You can the iterate over the collection as required. What is the reason for trying to create a parameter-per-annotation?

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[PIEBALDconsult]

What is it you're foreaching?

[benjamin yap]

well.. basically this is wat i am foreaching

    public void AddAnnotations()
    {
        string toa = "calls";
        while (true)
        {

            XmlDocument xmlPlogs = getAllPlogs(toa);
            XmlNodeList plogs = xmlPlogs.SelectNodes("/PlogList/Plog");

            Annotation\[\] anno = null;
            int countA = 0;
            int arrayIndex = 0;
            foreach (XmlNode plog in plogs)
            {
                XmlNodeList receivers = plog.SelectNodes("PlogUnique/Message/Receiver");

                foreach (DateTime dt in dateArray)
                {
                    DateTime newDT = Convert.ToDateTime(plog.SelectSingleNode("PlogCommon/TimeOfOccurrence").InnerText);
                    newDT = Convert.ToDateTime(newDT.ToString("dd MMM"));
                    String content = plog.SelectSingleNode("PlogUnique/Message/Content").InnerText;
                    if((content.Contains(stockQuote)) && (newDT.ToString() == dt.ToString()))
                    {
                        for (int i = 0; i < dateArray.Length; i++)
                        {
                            if (dateArray\[i\] == newDT)
                            {
                                arrayIndex = i;
                            }
                        }
                        anno\[countA\] = m\_ChartControl.Charts\[0\].AnnotationList.CreateAnnotation();
                        anno\[countA\].Location.TypeX = LengthType.Bound;
                        anno\[countA\].Location.X = arrayIndex;
                        anno\[countA\].Location.TypeY = LengthType.Bound;
                        anno\[countA\].Location.Y = 0;

                        anno\[countA\].Data = "     ";
                        anno\[countA\].Font.Size = 4;
                        anno\[countA\].Font.Bold = false;
                        anno\[countA\].Color = Color.FromArgb(1, 1, 1);

                        modulePath = this.GetType().Module.FullyQualifiedName;
                        moduleDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(modulePath);
                        anno\[countA\].ImageFile = Path.Combine(moduleDir, "ArrUp.png");
                        countA++;
                    }
                    
                }
            }
            Thread.Sleep(5 \* 60 \* 1000);
            ResetChart();
        }