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Chart.Creator Property

Gets the application in which this Chart was created.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Creator As XlCreator
XlCreator Creator { get; }

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlCreator
One of the XlCreator values.

Remarks

Because the Chart was created in Microsoft Office Excel, this property returns the string XCEL, which is equivalent to the hexadecimal number 5843454C.

Examples

The following code example creates a Chart and then uses the Creator property to verify whether or not the chart was created by Microsoft Office Excel.

Private Sub DisplayCreator()
    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

    If Chart1.Creator = Excel.XlCreator.xlCreatorCode Then
        MsgBox("Chart1 was created by Microsoft Excel")
    End If 
End Sub
private void DisplayCreator()
{
    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;

    if (chart1.Creator == Excel.XlCreator.xlCreatorCode)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Chart1 was created by Microsoft Excel");
    }
}

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See Also

Reference

Chart Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace