MSchart label inside chart area

Question

Can somebody please tell me how can i show the Total Collection on MSChart

Answer 1

You can use chart.Annotations property to get a similar result.

For example with the following code (located after filling the chart):

var ann = new RectangleAnnotation();
ann.Text = "Total Collection" + Environment.NewLine + "250 Billion";
ann.IsMultiline = true;
ann.AxisX = this.chart1.ChartAreas[0].AxisX;
ann.AxisY = this.chart1.ChartAreas[0].AxisY;
ann.AnchorX = 9;  // as you can see from the image below,
ann.AnchorY = 41; // these values are inside the range

// add the annotation to the chart annotations list
this.chart1.Annotations.Add(ann);

I got the following result:

N.B.:
there are a lot of annotations types (CalloutAnnotation, EllipseAnnotation...) and they have a lot of properties to change styles and behaviors. You can even set a property to allow annotation moving (i.e. AllowMoving=true).

Have a look to annotation properties through intellisense or MSDN.

Answer 2

You can set the property IsDockedInsideChartArea to true. You will also need to specify which ChartArea the legend is docked to, and set the position property to Auto.

legend.IsDockedInsideChartArea = true;
legend.DockedToChartArea = "ChartArea1";

There are more information about this and other legend properties here.