How-to-export-the-WinForms-Chart-to-Pdf

This article explains the how to export the Syncfusion WinForms Chart Control to pdf format in as shown in the below image.

This has been achieved by saving chart as image and draw that image in pdf by using PdfDocument as per in below code snippet [C#]

Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Chart.ChartSeries chartSeries1 = new Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Chart.ChartSeries();
            this.chartControl1 = new Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Chart.ChartControl();
            …
            chartSeries1 = new ChartSeries();
            chartSeries1.Type = ChartSeriesType.Column;
            chartSeries1.Style.DisplayText = true;
            chartSeries1.Style.TextOrientation = ChartTextOrientation.Up;

            chartSeries1.Points.Add(1, 15);
            chartSeries1.Points.Add(2, 12);
            chartSeries1.Points.Add(3, 18);
            chartSeries1.Points.Add(4, 22);
            chartSeries1.Points.Add(5, 15);
            this.chartControl1.Series.Add(chartSeries1);
           
                …
          //  this.chartControl1.ShowToolbar = true;
            panel.AutoSize = true;
            panel.Controls.Add(chartControl1);
            this.Controls.Add(panel);

            string fileName = Application.StartupPath + "\\chartExport";

            string exportFileName = fileName + ".pdf";
            string file = fileName + ".gif";
            this.chartControl1.SaveImage(file);

            //Create a PDF document
            PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument();

            //Add a page to the empty PDF document
            pdfDoc.Pages.Add();

            //Draw chart image in the first page
            pdfDoc.Pages[0].Graphics.DrawImage(PdfImage.FromFile(file), new PointF(0, 10));

            //Save the PDF Document to disk.
            pdfDoc.Save(exportFileName);

            // Launches the file.
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(exportFileName);

…

It will automatically load the export pdf but by default it will be stored in below location format

C:\Users{Folder}\Chart_To_PDF_WinForms\Chart_To_PDF_WinForms\bin\Debug\chartExport.pdf

See Also

How to convert the chart as image in WinForms

How to export the chart as word document in WinForms

How to export the chart as excel in WinForms