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Another ISE scratch item. Adapted from web example to show can conditionally color chart bars based on value. In reply to something on reddit.
# load the appropriate assemblies
[void][Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName(“System.Windows.Forms”)
[void][Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName(“System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization”)
# create chart object
$Chart = New-object System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.Chart
$Chart.Width = 500
$Chart.Height = 400
$Chart.Left = 40
$Chart.Top = 30
# create a chartarea to draw on and add to chart
$ChartArea = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting.ChartArea
$Chart.ChartAreas.Add($ChartArea)
$SpaceUsed = @{
C = 0.85
D = 0.6
E = 0.4
}
[void]$Chart.Series.Add(“Data”)
$Chart.Series[“Data”].Points.DataBindXY($SpaceUsed.Keys, $SpaceUsed.Values)
$chart.Series["Data"].Points | ForEach-Object {
if ($PSItem.YValues[0] -gt 0.8) { $PSItem.Color = [System.Drawing.Color]::Red }
elseif ($PSItem.YValues[0] -gt 0.5) { $PSItem.Color = [System.Drawing.Color]::Yellow }
else { $PSItem.Color = [System.Drawing.Color]::Green }
}
# display the chart on a form
$Chart.Anchor = [System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles]::Bottom -bor [System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles]::Right -bor
[System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles]::Top -bor [System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles]::Left
$Form = New-Object Windows.Forms.Form
$Form.Text = “PowerShell Chart”
$Form.Width = 600
$Form.Height = 600
$Form.controls.add($Chart)
$Form.Add_Shown({$Form.Activate()})
$Form.ShowDialog()
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