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Chart.ChartStyle Property

Gets or sets the style of the chart.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Property ChartStyle As Object
    Get
    Set
Object ChartStyle { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.Object
An integer from 1 through 48 that represents the style of the chart.

Remarks

The values of the ChartStyle property correspond to the available options on the Chart Styles group on the Design tab on the Ribbon. The Design tab is available when you select a chart.

Examples

The following code example adds a 3-D clustered column chart to Sheet1 and sets its style to style 4. The example then creates a range of arbitrary data and sets it as the chart source data. Next, the code specifies the colors of the chart walls and floor.

Private Sub SetChartBackWalls()
    ' Add a new chart and populate source data
    Dim myNewChart As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Chart = _
    Globals.Sheet1.Controls.AddChart( _
        Globals.Sheet1.Range("D5", "J16"), "myNewChart")
    myNewChart.ChartType = Excel.XlChartType.xl3DColumnClustered
    ' Set chart style
    myNewChart.ChartStyle = 4

    Globals.Sheet1.Range("A1").Value2 = "Product"
    Globals.Sheet1.Range("B1").Value2 = "Units Sold"
    Dim i As Integer
    For i = 1 To 3
        Globals.Sheet1.Range("A" + (i + 1).ToString()).Value2 = _
            "Product" + i.ToString()
        Globals.Sheet1.Range("B" + (i + 1).ToString()).Value2 = i * 10
    Next
    Dim data As Excel.Range = Globals.Sheet1.Range("A1", "B4")
    myNewChart.SetSourceData(data)

    ' Set foreground color for 3D chart walls and floor
    myNewChart.BackWall.Format.Fill.ForeColor.RGB = _
        System.Drawing.Color.LightGray.ToArgb()
    myNewChart.SideWall.Format.Fill.ForeColor.RGB = _
        System.Drawing.Color.LightGray.ToArgb()
    myNewChart.Floor.Format.Fill.ForeColor.RGB = _
        System.Drawing.Color.Gray.ToArgb()
End Sub
private void SetChartBackWalls()
{
    // Add a new chart and populate source data
    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Chart myNewChart =
    Globals.Sheet1.Controls.AddChart(
        Globals.Sheet1.Range["D5", "J16"], "myNewChart");
    myNewChart.ChartType = Excel.XlChartType.xl3DColumnClustered;
    // Set chart style
    myNewChart.ChartStyle = 4;

    Globals.Sheet1.Range["A1",missing].Value2 = "Product";
    Globals.Sheet1.Range["B1",missing].Value2 = "Units Sold";

    for (int i=1; i<4; i++)
    {
        Globals.Sheet1.Range["A" + (i + 1).ToString(),missing].Value2 =
            "Product" + i.ToString();
        Globals.Sheet1.Range["B" + (i + 1).ToString(),missing].Value2 = 
            i * 10;
    }
    Excel.Range data = Globals.Sheet1.Range["A1", "B4"];
    myNewChart.SetSourceData(data,missing);

    // Set foreground color for 3D chart walls and floor
    myNewChart.BackWall.Format.Fill.ForeColor.RGB =
        System.Drawing.Color.LightGray.ToArgb();
    myNewChart.SideWall.Format.Fill.ForeColor.RGB =
        System.Drawing.Color.LightGray.ToArgb();
    myNewChart.Floor.Format.Fill.ForeColor.RGB = 
        System.Drawing.Color.Gray.ToArgb();        
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Chart Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace