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ChartSheet.ChartArea Property

Gets a ChartArea that represents the complete chart area for the Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ChartSheet.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assemblies:   Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v4.0.Utilities (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v4.0.Utilities.dll)
  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property ChartArea As ChartArea
ChartArea ChartArea { get; }

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.ChartArea
A ChartArea that represents the complete chart area for the Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ChartSheet.

Examples

The following code example uses the ChartArea property of the current Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ChartSheet to modify the weight and color of the chart area border.

Private Sub ModifyChartBorder()
    Globals.Sheet1.Range("A1", "A5").Value2 = 22
    Globals.Sheet1.Range("B1", "B5").Value2 = 55

    Me.SetSourceData(Globals.Sheet1.Range("A1", "B5"), _
        Excel.XlRowCol.xlColumns)
    Me.ChartType = Excel.XlChartType.xl3DBarClustered

    Me.ChartArea.Border.Color = _
            ColorTranslator.ToOle(Color.Green)
    Me.ChartArea.Border.Weight = Excel.XlBorderWeight.xlThick
End Sub
private void ModifyChartBorder()
{
    Globals.Sheet1.Range["A1", "A5"].Value2 = 22;
    Globals.Sheet1.Range["B1", "B5"].Value2 = 55;

    this.SetSourceData(Globals.Sheet1.Range["A1", "B5"],
        Excel.XlRowCol.xlColumns);
    this.ChartType = Excel.XlChartType.xl3DBarClustered;

    this.ChartArea.Border.Color =
        ColorTranslator.ToOle(Color.Green);
    this.ChartArea.Border.Weight = Excel.XlBorderWeight.xlThick;
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

ChartSheet Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace