ChartSheet.LineGroups Method

On a 2-D chart, returns an object that represents either a single line chart group (a ChartGroup object) or a collection of the line chart groups (a ChartGroups collection).

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assemblies:   Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v4.0.Utilities (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v4.0.Utilities.dll)
  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Function LineGroups ( _
    Index As Object _
) As Object

Object LineGroups(
    Object Index
)

Parameters

• Index
  Type: System.Object

  Specifies the chart group.

Return Value

Type: System.Object

Remarks

Optional Parameters

For information on optional parameters, see Optional Parameters in Office Solutions.

Examples

The following code example uses the LineGroups method to add drop lines to the current Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ChartSheet.

Private Sub UseLineGroups()
    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.xlLine

    Dim group As Excel.ChartGroup = _
        CType(Me.LineGroups(1), Excel.ChartGroup)
    group.HasDropLines = True 
End Sub

private void UseLineGroups()
{
    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.xlLine;

    Excel.ChartGroup group =
        (Excel.ChartGroup)this.LineGroups(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.

See Also

Reference

ChartSheet Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace