Chart.SetDefaultChart Method
Specifies the name of the chart template that Microsoft Office Excel uses when it creates new charts.
Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Sub SetDefaultChart ( _
Name As Object _
)
void SetDefaultChart(
Object Name
)
Parameters
Name
Type: System.ObjectA string that indicates the name of the default chart template that will be used to create new charts. This name can identify a chart in the gallery for a user-defined template, or it can be one of the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlChartType values that specifies a built-in chart template.
Examples
The following code example sets the default chart template to the line chart type. Next the example adds a new chart to the active worksheet and populates its source data from a specified range on the worksheet. To run this code example, your workbook must contain a worksheet named Sheet1 with a chart named Chart_1.
Private Sub SetDefaultLineChartTemplate()
' Set default chart template
Dim myChart As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Chart = _
Globals.Sheet1.Chart_1
myChart.SetDefaultChart(Excel.XlChartType.xlLine)
' 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")
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.Item("A1", "B4")
myNewChart.SetSourceData(data)
End Sub
private void SetDefaultLineChartTemplate()
{
// Set default chart template
Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Chart myChart =
Globals.Sheet1.Chart_1;
myChart.SetDefaultChart(Excel.XlChartType.xlLine);
// Add a new chart and populate source data
Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Chart myNewChart =
Globals.Sheet1.Controls.AddChart(
Globals.Sheet1.Range["D5","J16"],"myNewChart");
Globals.Sheet1.Range["A1","A1"].Value2 = "Product";
Globals.Sheet1.Range["B1","B1"].Value2 = "Units Sold";
for (int i = 1; i<4; i++)
{
Globals.Sheet1.Range["A" + (i + 1).ToString()].Value2 = "Product" + i.ToString();
Globals.Sheet1.Range["B" + (i + 1).ToString()].Value2 = i * 10;
}
Excel.Range data = Globals.Sheet1.Range["A1", "B4"];
myNewChart.SetSourceData(data);
}
.NET Framework Security
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.