Use a Custom Brush in a PaintElement

Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D
Imports Infragistics.UltraChart.Shared.Styles
Imports Infragistics.UltraChart.Resources.Appearance
...
Private Sub Use_a_Custom_Brush_in_a_PaintElement_Load( _
  ByVal sender As System.Object, _
  ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
	Me.UltraChart1.ColorModel.ModelStyle = ColorModels.CustomSkin
	Me.UltraChart1.ColorModel.Skin.PEs.Add(New PaintElement())
	Me.UltraChart1.ColorModel.Skin.PEs(0).ElementType = PaintElementType.CustomBrush
	Me.UltraChart1.DataSource = GetColumnData()
	Me.UltraChart1.ColorModel.Skin.PEs(0).CustomBrush = Me.GetBrush()
	Me.UltraChart1.InvalidateLayers()
End Sub
Private Function GetBrush() As LinearGradientBrush
	If Not (Me.myBrush Is Nothing) Then
		' Don't forget to dispose your brush when you are done using it...
		' This includes when you update the brush by creating a new one.
		Me.myBrush.Dispose()
	End If
	Me.myBrush = New LinearGradientBrush(Me.UltraChart1.Location, _
	  New Point(Me.UltraChart1.Right, Me.UltraChart1.Bottom), Color.Red, Color.Blue)
	Return Me.myBrush
End Function

using System.Drawing.Drawing2D;
using Infragistics.UltraChart.Shared.Styles;
using Infragistics.UltraChart.Resources.Appearance;
...
private void Use_a_Custom_Brush_in_a_PaintElement_Load(object sender,
  EventArgs e)
{
	this.ultraChart1.ColorModel.ModelStyle = ColorModels.CustomSkin;
	this.ultraChart1.ColorModel.Skin.PEs.Add(new PaintElement());
	this.ultraChart1.ColorModel.Skin.PEs[0].ElementType = PaintElementType.CustomBrush;
	this.ultraChart1.DataSource = GetColumnData();
	this.ultraChart1.ColorModel.Skin.PEs[0].CustomBrush = this.GetBrush();
	this.ultraChart1.InvalidateLayers();
}
private LinearGradientBrush GetBrush()
{
	if (this.myBrush != null)
	{
		// Don't forget to dispose your brush when you are done using it...
		// This includes when you update the brush by creating a new one.
		this.myBrush.Dispose();
	}
	this.myBrush = new LinearGradientBrush(this.ultraChart1.Location,
	  new Point(this.ultraChart1.Right, this.ultraChart1.Bottom), Color.Red, Color.Blue);
	return this.myBrush;
}