Chart.PlotArea Property
Definition
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Gets a PlotArea object that represents the plot area of a chart.
public:
property Microsoft::Office::Interop::Excel::PlotArea ^ PlotArea { Microsoft::Office::Interop::Excel::PlotArea ^ get(); };
public Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.PlotArea PlotArea { get; }
member this.PlotArea : Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.PlotArea
Public ReadOnly Property PlotArea As PlotArea
Property Value
A PlotArea object that represents the plot area of a chart.
Examples
The following code example creates a Chart and then uses the PlotArea property to change the color of the border around the plot area of the chart.
private void SetPlotAreaBorderColor()
{
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.PlotArea.Border.Color =
ColorTranslator.ToOle(Color.Green);
}
Private Sub SetPlotAreaBorderColor()
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
Chart1.PlotArea.Border.Color = _
ColorTranslator.ToOle(Color.Green)
End Sub