Chart.PlotArea Property
Gets a PlotArea object that represents the plot area of a chart.
Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
ReadOnly Property PlotArea As PlotArea
PlotArea PlotArea { get; }
Property Value
Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.PlotArea
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 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
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);
}
.NET Framework Security
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.