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LineFormat.BackColor Property

Returns or sets a ChartColorFormat object that represents the background color for the specified fill or patterned line. Read/write.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint (in Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Property BackColor As ColorFormat
    Get
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As LineFormat
Dim value As ColorFormat

value = instance.BackColor

instance.BackColor = value
ColorFormat BackColor { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.ColorFormat
ColorFormat

Examples

This example adds a rectangle to myDocument and then sets the foreground color, background color, and gradient for the rectangle's fill.

Set myDocument = ActivePresentation.Slides(1)

With myDocument.Shapes.AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, _

        90, 90, 90, 50).Fill

    .ForeColor.RGB = RGB(128, 0, 0)

    .BackColor.RGB = RGB(170, 170, 170)

    .TwoColorGradient msoGradientHorizontal, 1

End With

This example adds a patterned line to myDocument.

Set myDocument = ActivePresentation.Slides(1)

With myDocument.Shapes.AddLine(10, 100, 250, 0).Line

    .Weight = 6

    .ForeColor.RGB = RGB(0, 0, 255)

    .BackColor.RGB = RGB(128, 0, 0)

    .Pattern = msoPatternDarkDownwardDiagonal

End With

See Also

Reference

LineFormat Interface

LineFormat Members

Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint Namespace