Chart.ChartType Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel

Assembly:: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.dll

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Gets or sets the chart type.

public:
 property Microsoft::Office::Interop::Excel::XlChartType ChartType { Microsoft::Office::Interop::Excel::XlChartType get(); void set(Microsoft::Office::Interop::Excel::XlChartType value); };

public Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlChartType ChartType { get; set; }

member this.ChartType : Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlChartType with get, set

Public Property ChartType As XlChartType

Property Value

XlChartType

One of the XlChartType values.

Examples

The following code example creates a column Chart and then prompts the user to change the chart to a 3-D pie chart by using the ChartType property.

private void SetChartType()
{
    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.xlColumnClustered;

    if (DialogResult.Yes ==
        MessageBox.Show("Change the chart type to a 3-D pie chart?",
        "Example", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo))
    {
        chart1.ChartType = Excel.XlChartType.xl3DPie;
    }
}

Private Sub SetChartType()
    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.xlColumnClustered

    If DialogResult.Yes = _
        MessageBox.Show("Change the chart type to a 3-D pie chart?", _
        "Example", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) Then
        Chart1.ChartType = Excel.XlChartType.xl3DPie
    End If
End Sub

Remarks

Some chart types are not available for PivotChart reports.

Applies to

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