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I would like to have patterns, like Diagonal, with wider lines (they appear to be just one pixel?). E.g., like Excel's msoPatternWideDownwardDiagonal pattern fill.

Is this possible?

Thanks.

OK, I created a 16x16 2-color bitmap from a screen capture of an Excel chart and set the BarBrush.Image to that file. Looks great!

However, when I print the patterns are indistinguishable (e.g., up vs. down diagonal). Any way to scale the line widths up for higher resolution targets?

Hello Jim,

Jim Green wrote:when I print the patterns are indistinguishable (e.g., up vs. down diagonal). Any way to scale the line widths up for higher resolution targets?

I don't understand what do you mean with the above. Could you please post an snapshot here? Or always better, could you please arrange a simple example project we can run as-is to reproduce the situation here?

Thanks in advance.

I mean that a 16x16 bitmap produces a distinctly visible pattern on a 96 DPI screen, but on a 600 DPI printer produces just a paler shade of the color. See the two attached PDF's. "PSP_PRINT" is a screen capture with the desired pattern. "Chart1" is the printed version - the pattern is so fine that you only see it when you zoom to about 800%.

Thanks.

Hello Jim,

Have you tried to assign a bigger pattern when you are going to print the chart?