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Chart.BarShape Property

Gets or sets the shape used with the 3-D bar or column chart.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Property BarShape As XlBarShape
    Get
    Set
XlBarShape BarShape { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlBarShape
One of the XlBarShape values.

Examples

The following code example creates a 3-D Chart and then prompts the user to change the bar shape to pyramids by using the BarShape property.

Private Sub SetBarShape()
    Me.Range("A1", "A5").Value2 = 22
    Me.Range("B1", "B5").Value2 = 55

    Dim Chart1 As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Chart = _
        Me.Controls.AddChart(Me.Range("D2", "H12"), "Chart1")

    Chart1.SetSourceData(Me.Range("A1", "B5"), Excel.XlRowCol.xlColumns)
    Chart1.ChartType = Excel.XlChartType.xl3DColumn

    If DialogResult.Yes = MessageBox.Show("Set the bar shape to pyramids?", _
        "Example", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) Then
        Chart1.BarShape = Excel.XlBarShape.xlPyramidToMax
    End If
End Sub
private void SetBarShape()
{
    this.Range["A1", "A5"].Value2 = 22;
    this.Range["B1", "B5"].Value2 = 55;

    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Chart chart1 =
        this.Controls.AddChart(this.Range["D2", "H12"], 
        "chart1");

    chart1.SetSourceData(this.Range["A1", "B5"], 
        Excel.XlRowCol.xlColumns);
    chart1.ChartType = Excel.XlChartType.xl3DColumn;

    if (DialogResult.Yes ==
        MessageBox.Show("Set the bar shape to pyramids?",
        "Example", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo))
    {
        chart1.BarShape = Excel.XlBarShape.xlPyramidToMax;
    }
}

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See Also

Reference

Chart Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace