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For many years now I’ve advocated not using the repository pattern on top of an ORM such as Entity Framework. There are many reasons why that I’ll try and cover throughout this post based on ways that I’ve seen it implemented. Meaning, this post is talking about poorly implemented approaches or pitfalls that I’ve seen. 

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using PdfReportSamples.Models;
using PdfRpt.Core.Contracts;
using PdfRpt.Core.Helper;
using PdfRpt.FluentInterface;

namespace PdfReportSamples.ChartImage
{
    public class ChartImagePdfReport
    {
        public IPdfReportData CreatePdfReport()
        {
            var chart = new MSChartHelper
                {
                    AxisXTitle = "User",
                    AxisYTitle = "Balance",
                    ChartTitle = "Users Balance",
                    AxisTitleFont = new System.Drawing.Font("Tahoma", 12f),
                    LabelStyleFont = new System.Drawing.Font("Tahoma", 10f),
                    ChartTitleFont = new System.Drawing.Font("Arial", 16f, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold),
                    LegendsFont = new System.Drawing.Font("Tahoma", 12f)
                };

            return new PdfReport().DocumentPreferences(doc =>
            {
                doc.RunDirection(PdfRunDirection.RightToLeft);
                doc.Orientation(PageOrientation.Portrait);
                doc.PageSize(PdfPageSize.A4);
                doc.DocumentMetadata(new DocumentMetadata { Author = "Vahid", Application = "PdfRpt", Keywords = "Test", Subject = "Test Rpt", Title = "Test" });
            })
             .DefaultFonts(fonts =>
             {
                 fonts.Path(string.Format("{0}\\fonts\\irsans.ttf", AppPath.ApplicationPath),
                            string.Format("{0}\\fonts\\verdana.ttf", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SystemRoot")));
             })
             .PagesFooter(footer =>
             {
                 footer.DefaultFooter(printDate: DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy"));
             })
             .PagesHeader(header =>
             {
                 header.DefaultHeader(defaultHeader =>
                 {
                     defaultHeader.ImagePath(AppPath.ApplicationPath + "\\Images\\01.png");
                     defaultHeader.Message("گزارش جدید ما");
                 });
             })
             .MainTableTemplate(template =>
             {
                 template.BasicTemplate(BasicTemplate.ClassicTemplate);
             })
             .MainTablePreferences(table =>
             {
                 table.ColumnsWidthsType(TableColumnWidthType.Relative);
             })
             .MainTableDataSource(dataSource =>
             {
                 var listOfRows = new List<User>();
                 for (var i = 0; i < 7; i++)
                 {
                     listOfRows.Add(new User { Id = i, LastName = "نام خانوادگی " + i, Name = "نام " + i, Balance = (i * 50) + 1000 });
                 }
                 dataSource.StronglyTypedList(listOfRows);
             })
             .MainTableEvents(events =>
             {
                 events.DataSourceIsEmpty(message: "There is no data available to display.");
                 events.DocumentOpened(args =>
                 {
                     chart.ChartInit(width: (int)args.PdfWriter.PageSize.Width - 100, height: 250);
                 });
                 events.RowAdded(args =>
                 {
                     if (args.RowType == RowType.DataTableRow)
                     {
                         var name = args.TableRowData.GetValueOf<User>(x => x.Name);
                         if (name == null) return;

                         var balance = args.TableRowData.GetValueOf<User>(x => x.Balance);
                         if (balance == null) return;

                         chart.AddXY(name, balance);
                     }
                 });
                 events.DocumentClosing(args =>
                 {
                     chart.AddChartToPage(args.PdfDoc);
                     chart.FreeResources();
                 });
             })
             .MainTableSummarySettings(summary =>
             {
                 summary.OverallSummarySettings("جمع");
                 summary.PreviousPageSummarySettings("نقل از صفحه قبل");
             })
             .MainTableColumns(columns =>
             {
                 columns.AddColumn(column =>
                 {
                     column.PropertyName("rowNo");
                     column.IsRowNumber(true);
                     column.CellsHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Center);
                     column.IsVisible(true);
                     column.Order(0);
                     column.Width(1);
                     column.HeaderCell("ردیف", captionRotation: 90);
                 });

                 columns.AddColumn(column =>
                 {
                     column.PropertyName<User>(x => x.Id);
                     column.CellsHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Center);
                     column.IsVisible(true);
                     column.Order(1);
                     column.Width(2);
                     column.HeaderCell("شماره");
                 });

                 columns.AddColumn(column =>
                 {
                     column.PropertyName<User>(x => x.Name);
                     column.CellsHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Center);
                     column.IsVisible(true);
                     column.Order(2);
                     column.Width(2);
                     column.HeaderCell("نام");
                 });

                 columns.AddColumn(column =>
                 {
                     column.PropertyName<User>(x => x.LastName);
                     column.CellsHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Center);
                     column.IsVisible(true);
                     column.Order(3);
                     column.Width(3);
                     column.HeaderCell("نام خانوادگی");
                 });

                 columns.AddColumn(column =>
                 {
                     column.PropertyName<User>(x => x.Balance);
                     column.HeaderCell("موجودی");
                     column.ColumnItemsTemplate(template =>
                     {
                         template.TextBlock();
                         template.DisplayFormatFormula(obj => obj == null ? string.Empty : string.Format("{0:n0}", obj));
                     });
                     column.Width(2);
                     column.AggregateFunction(aggregateFunction =>
                     {
                         aggregateFunction.NumericAggregateFunction(AggregateFunction.Sum);
                         aggregateFunction.DisplayFormatFormula(obj => obj == null ? string.Empty : string.Format("{0:n0}", obj));
                     });
                     column.CellsHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment.Center);
                     column.IsVisible(true);
                     column.Order(4);
                 });
             })
             .Generate(data => data.AsPdfFile(AppPath.ApplicationPath + "\\Pdf\\RptChartSample.pdf"));
        }
    }
}

using System.Drawing;
using System.IO;
//It's part of the .NET 4.0+ now.
using System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization.Charting;
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;
using PdfRpt.Core.Helper;

namespace PdfReportSamples.ChartImage
{
    public class MSChartHelper
    {
        // MS Chart learning tutorials:
        // http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/02/07/built-in-charting-controls-vs-2010-and-net-4-series.aspx
        Chart _chart;

        public System.Drawing.Font AxisTitleFont { set; get; }

        public string AxisXTitle { set; get; }

        public string AxisYTitle { set; get; }

        public string ChartTitle { set; get; }

        public System.Drawing.Font ChartTitleFont { set; get; }

        public System.Drawing.Font LabelStyleFont { set; get; }

        public System.Drawing.Font LegendsFont { set; get; }

        public void AddChartToPage(Document pdfDoc,
                                   int scalePercent = 100,
                                   float spacingBefore = 20,
                                   float spacingAfter = 10,
                                   float widthPercentage = 80)
        {
            using (var chartimage = new MemoryStream())
            {
                _chart.SaveImage(chartimage, ChartImageFormat.Bmp); //BMP gives the best compression result

                var iTextSharpImage = PdfImageHelper.GetITextSharpImageFromByteArray(chartimage.GetBuffer());
                iTextSharpImage.ScalePercent(scalePercent);
                iTextSharpImage.Alignment = Element.ALIGN_CENTER;

                var table = new PdfPTable(1)
                {
                    WidthPercentage = widthPercentage,
                    SpacingBefore = spacingBefore,
                    SpacingAfter = spacingAfter
                };
                table.AddCell(iTextSharpImage);

                pdfDoc.Add(table);
            }
        }

        public void AddXY(object xValue, params object[] yValue)
        {
            _chart.Series[0].Points.AddXY(xValue, yValue);
        }

        public void ChartInit(int width, int height)
        {
            _chart = new Chart
            {
                Width = width,
                Height = height,
                AntiAliasing = AntiAliasingStyles.All,
                TextAntiAliasingQuality = TextAntiAliasingQuality.High,
                Palette = ChartColorPalette.BrightPastel,
                BackColor = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#F3DFC1"),
                BackGradientStyle = GradientStyle.TopBottom
            };

            setBorder();
            setTitles();
            setChartAreas();
            setLegends();
            setSeries();
        }

        public void FreeResources()
        {
            if (_chart != null && !_chart.IsDisposed)
                _chart.Dispose();
        }        

        private void setBorder()
        {
            _chart.BorderSkin.SkinStyle = BorderSkinStyle.Emboss;
            _chart.BorderlineWidth = 2;
            _chart.BorderlineColor = Color.FromArgb(181, 64, 1);
            _chart.BorderlineDashStyle = ChartDashStyle.Solid;
        }

        private void setChartAreas()
        {
            _chart.ChartAreas.Add("ChartArea1");
            _chart.ChartAreas[0].AxisX.Title = AxisXTitle;
            _chart.ChartAreas[0].AxisY.Title = AxisYTitle;
            _chart.ChartAreas[0].AxisX.TitleFont = AxisTitleFont;
            _chart.ChartAreas[0].AxisY.TitleFont = AxisTitleFont;
            _chart.ChartAreas[0].AxisX.LabelStyle.Font = LabelStyleFont;
            _chart.ChartAreas[0].AxisX.LabelStyle.Angle = -90;
            _chart.ChartAreas[0].BackColor = Color.White;
            _chart.ChartAreas[0].AxisX.LineColor = Color.FromArgb(64, 64, 64);
            _chart.ChartAreas[0].AxisX.MajorGrid.LineColor = Color.FromArgb(64, 64, 64);
            _chart.ChartAreas[0].AxisY.LineColor = Color.FromArgb(64, 64, 64);
            _chart.ChartAreas[0].AxisY.MajorGrid.LineColor = Color.FromArgb(64, 64, 64);
        }

        private void setLegends()
        {
            _chart.Legends.Add("Default");
            _chart.Legends[0].LegendStyle = LegendStyle.Row;
            _chart.Legends[0].IsTextAutoFit = false;
            _chart.Legends[0].DockedToChartArea = "ChartArea1";
            _chart.Legends[0].Docking = Docking.Bottom;
            _chart.Legends[0].IsDockedInsideChartArea = false;
            _chart.Legends[0].BackColor = Color.Transparent;
            _chart.Legends[0].Font = LegendsFont;
        }

        private void setSeries()
        {
            _chart.Series.Add("");
            _chart.Series[0].ChartType = SeriesChartType.Column;
            _chart.Series[0].Palette = ChartColorPalette.EarthTones;
            _chart.Series[0].IsValueShownAsLabel = true;
            _chart.Series[0].IsVisibleInLegend = false;
        }

        private void setTitles()
        {
            _chart.Titles.Add(ChartTitle);
            _chart.Titles[0].Font = ChartTitleFont;
            _chart.Titles[0].TextStyle = TextStyle.Shadow;
            _chart.Titles[0].ShadowOffset = 3;
            _chart.Titles[0].ShadowColor = Color.FromArgb(32, 0, 0);
            _chart.Titles[0].Alignment = ContentAlignment.TopCenter;
            _chart.Titles[0].ForeColor = Color.FromArgb(26, 59, 105);
        }
    }
}

                 events.DocumentOpened(args =>
                 {
                     chart.ChartInit(width: (int)args.PdfWriter.PageSize.Width - 100, height: 250);

                 });

                 events.RowAdded(args =>
                 {
                     if (args.RowType == RowType.DataTableRow)
                     {
                         var name = args.TableRowData.GetValueOf<User>(x => x.Name);
                         if (name == null) return;

                         var balance = args.TableRowData.GetValueOf<User>(x => x.Balance);
                         if (balance == null) return;

                         chart.AddXY(name, balance);
                     }
                 });

                 events.DocumentClosing(args =>
                 {
                     chart.AddChartToPage(args.PdfDoc);
                     chart.FreeResources();
                 });

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