Chart.PlotBy Property
Gets or sets the way columns or rows are used as data series on the chart.
Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Property PlotBy As XlRowCol
XlRowCol PlotBy { get; set; }
Property Value
Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlRowCol
One of the following XlRowCol values: xlColumns or xlRows.
Examples
The following code example creates a Chart with data plotted by columns, and then prompts the user to plot data by rows with the PlotBy property.
Private Sub ChangePlotToRows()
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.xl3DColumn
If DialogResult.Yes = MessageBox.Show("The chart is " & _
"currently plotted by columns. Change to plot by rows?", _
"Example", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) Then
Chart1.PlotBy = Excel.XlRowCol.xlRows
End If
End Sub
private void ChangePlotToRows()
{
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.xl3DColumn;
if (DialogResult.Yes ==
MessageBox.Show("The chart is currently plotted by columns." +
" Change to plot by rows?", "Example",
MessageBoxButtons.YesNo))
{
chart1.PlotBy = Excel.XlRowCol.xlRows;
}
}
.NET Framework Security
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