Point Object Members

Excel Developer Reference

Represents a single point in a series in a chart.

Methods

	Name	Description
	ApplyDataLabels	Applies data labels to a point.
	ClearFormats	Clears the formatting of the object.
	Copy	If the point has a picture fill, then this method copies the picture to the Clipboard.
	Delete	Deletes the series the point belongs to.
	Paste	Pastes a picture from the Clipboard as the marker on the selected point.
	Select	Selects the object.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Application	When used without an object qualifier, this property returns an Application object that represents the Microsoft Excel application. When used with an object qualifier, this property returns an Application object that represents the creator of the specified object (you can use this property with an OLE Automation object to return the application of that object). Read-only.
	ApplyPictToEnd	True if a picture is applied to the end of the point or all points in the series. Read/write Boolean.
	ApplyPictToFront	True if a picture is applied to the front of the point or all points in the series. Read/write Boolean.
	ApplyPictToSides	True if a picture is applied to the sides of the point or all points in the series. Read/write Boolean.
	DataLabel	Returns a DataLabel object that represents the data label associated with the point. Read-only.
	Explosion	Returns or sets the explosion value for a pie-chart or doughnut-chart slice. Returns 0 (zero) if there's no explosion (the tip of the slice is in the center of the pie). Read/write Long.
	Format	Read-only
	Has3DEffect	Read/write
	HasDataLabel	True if the point has a data label. Read/write Boolean.
	InvertIfNegative	True if Microsoft Excel inverts the pattern in the item when it corresponds to a negative number. Read/write Boolean.
	MarkerBackgroundColor	Sets the marker background color as an RGB value or returns the corresponding color index value. Applies only to line, scatter, and radar charts. Read/write Long.
	MarkerBackgroundColorIndex	Returns or sets the marker background color as an index into the current color palette, or as one of the following XlColorIndex constants: xlColorIndexAutomatic or xlColorIndexNone. Applies only to line, scatter, and radar charts. Read/write Long.
	MarkerForegroundColor	Sets the marker background color as an RGB value or returns the corresponding color index value. Applies only to line, scatter, and radar charts. Read/write Long.
	MarkerForegroundColorIndex	Returns or sets the marker foreground color as an index into the current color palette, or as one of the following XlColorIndex constants: xlColorIndexAutomatic or xlColorIndexNone. Applies only to line, scatter, and radar charts. Read/write Long.
	MarkerSize	Returns or sets the data-marker size, in points. Can be a value from 2 through 72. Read/write Long.
	MarkerStyle	Returns or sets the marker style for a point or series in a line chart, scatter chart, or radar chart. Read/write XlMarkerStyle.
	Parent	Returns the parent object for the specified object. Read-only.
	PictureType	Returns or sets a XlChartPictureType value that represents the way pictures are displayed on a column or bar picture chart.
	PictureUnit	Returns or sets the unit for each picture on the chart if the PictureType property is set to xlStackScale (if not, this property is ignored). Read/write Long.
	PictureUnit2	Read/write
	SecondaryPlot	True if the point is in the secondary section of either a pie of pie chart or a bar of pie chart. Applies only to points on pie of pie charts or bar of pie charts. Read/write Boolean.
	Shadow	Returns or sets a Boolean value that determines if the object has a shadow.