ChartSheet.PlotArea Property

Gets a PlotArea object that represents the plot area of a Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ChartSheet.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property PlotArea As PlotArea
    Get

PlotArea PlotArea { get; }

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.PlotArea
A PlotArea object that represents the plot area of a Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ChartSheet.

Examples

The following code example uses the PlotArea property of the current Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ChartSheet to change the color of the border around the plot area of the chart.

Private Sub SetPlotAreaBorderColor()
    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.PlotArea.Border.Color = _
            ColorTranslator.ToOle(Color.Green)
End Sub

private void SetPlotAreaBorderColor()
{
    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.PlotArea.Border.Color =
        ColorTranslator.ToOle(Color.Green);
}

.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.

See Also

Reference

ChartSheet Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace