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    Add ToolTips to Chart's Header and Footer
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    To add tooltips to the chart's header and footer, complete the following steps:

    1. Add C1Chart to the Form.
    2. Add the following directive to declare the C1.Win.C1Chart namepace:

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      Imports C1.Win.C1Chart
      

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      using C1.Win.C1Chart;
      
    3. Add the following code in the Form_load procedure to add the tooltips to the header and footer:

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      'Enable tooltip
      c1Chart1.ToolTip.Enabled = True
      c1Chart1.Header.TooltipText = "This is header tooltip." + ControlChars.Cr + ControlChars.Lf + "Second line."
      c1Chart1.Footer.TooltipText = "This is footer tooltip." + ControlChars.Cr + ControlChars.Lf + "Second line."
      

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      //Enable tooltip
      c1Chart1.ToolTip.Enabled = true;
      c1Chart1.Header.TooltipText = "This is header tooltip.";
      c1Chart1.Footer.TooltipText = "This is first line of the footer ToolTip.\nThis is the second line of the footer ToolTip.";
      

    This topic illustrates the following:

    The ToolTips appear when you hover over Chart's Header or Footer at run-time, like the following:


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