Chart.AreaGroups Method
On a 2-D chart, gets an object that represents either a single area chart group (a ChartGroup object) or a collection of the area chart groups (a ChartGroups collection).
Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Function AreaGroups ( _
Index As Object _
) As Object
Object AreaGroups(
Object Index
)
Parameters
Index
Type: System.ObjectThe chart group number.
Return Value
Type: System.Object
Remarks
Optional Parameters
For information on optional parameters, see Optional Parameters in Office Solutions.
Examples
The following code example creates an area Chart and then uses the AreaGroups method to add drop lines to the chart.
Private Sub UseAreaGroups()
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.xlAreaStacked
Dim group As Excel.ChartGroup = _
CType(Chart1.AreaGroups(1), Excel.ChartGroup)
group.HasDropLines = True
End Sub
private void UseAreaGroups()
{
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.xlAreaStacked;
Excel.ChartGroup group =
(Excel.ChartGroup)chart1.AreaGroups(1);
group.HasDropLines = true;
}
.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.