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Chart.Legend Property (2007 System)

Gets a Legend object that represents the legend for the chart.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v9.0 (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v9.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<BrowsableAttribute(False)> _
Public ReadOnly Property Legend As Legend
'Usage
Dim instance As Chart 
Dim value As Legend 

value = instance.Legend
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public Legend Legend { get; }
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public:
property Legend^ Legend {
    Legend^ get ();
}
public function get Legend () : Legend

Property Value

Type: Legend
A Legend object that represents the legend for the chart.

Examples

The following code example creates a Chart and then uses the Legend property to modify the color of the legend border.

Private Sub SetLegendBorderColor()
    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.Legend.Border.Color = _
            ColorTranslator.ToOle(Color.Green)
End Sub
private void SetLegendBorderColor()
{
    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.Legend.Border.Color =
        ColorTranslator.ToOle(Color.Green);

}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Chart Class

Chart Members

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace