Introduction
LightningChart® .NET SDK is an add-on to Microsoft Visual Studio, consisting of data visualization related software components and tool classes for WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation), UWP (Universal Windows Platform) and Windows Forms .NET platforms. That is, LightningChart® .NET is available for x86, x64, ARM and ARM64 platforms.
LightningChart® .NET assemblies compiled with 'Any CPU' as Platform Target. This mean that application runs as a 64-bit process whenever possible and falls back to 32-bit when only that mode is available. However, the 64-bit variables computed with full 64-bit precision in both 64-bit and 32-bit operating modes.
LightningChart components are delivered for serious scientific, engineering, measurement and trading solutions. The rendering performance and very advanced features are its special focus.
LightningChart components use low-level DirectX11 and DirectX9 GPU acceleration instead of slower GDI/GDI+ or WPF Graphics APIs. LightningChart has fallback to DirectX11/DirectX10 WARP software rendering when GPU is not accessible, such as in some virtual machine platforms.
About this document
This document is a collection of tips how to get started and a brief User’s Manual. This document will grow to include not only essential key features, but also every detail of library. Please bookmark this page and visit to find new tips & tricks, code excerpts or just for inspiration.