Chart.ActivateEvent Event

Occurs when the Chart control is activated.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Event ActivateEvent As ChartEvents_ActivateEventHandler

event ChartEvents_ActivateEventHandler ActivateEvent

Examples

The following code example creates a Chart with a handler for the ActivateEvent event that displays a message box when the chart is activated.

WithEvents ActivateChart As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Chart

Private Sub DisplayWhenActivated()
    Me.Range("A1", "A5").Value2 = 22
    Me.Range("B1", "B5").Value2 = 55

    ActivateChart = Me.Controls.AddChart(Me.Range("D2", "H12"), _
        "ActivateChart")
    ActivateChart.SetSourceData(Me.Range("A1", "B5"), _
        Excel.XlRowCol.xlColumns)
    ActivateChart.ChartType = Excel.XlChartType.xl3DColumn
End Sub

Sub ActivateChart_ActivateEvent() Handles ActivateChart.ActivateEvent
    MsgBox("The chart was activated.")
End Sub

private void DisplayWhenActivated()
{
    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;

    chart1.ActivateEvent +=
        new Excel.ChartEvents_ActivateEventHandler(
        chart1_ActivateEvent);
}

void chart1_ActivateEvent()
{
    MessageBox.Show("The chart was activated.");
}

.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

Chart Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace