Legend Interface
Definition
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Represents the legend in a chart.
public interface class Legend
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.Guid("000208CD-0000-0000-C000-000000000046")]
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.InterfaceType(2)]
public interface Legend
Public Interface Legend
- Attributes
Remarks
Each chart can have only one legend. The Legend object contains one or more LegendEntry objects; each LegendEntry object contains a LegendKey object.
Use the Legend property to return the Legend object.
The chart legend isn’t visible unless the HasLegend property is True. If this property is False, properties and methods of the Legend object will fail.
Properties
Application |
Returns an Application object that represents the Microsoft Excel application. |
AutoScaleFont |
True if the text in the object changes font size when the object size changes. The default value is True. |
Border |
Returns a Border object that represents the border of the object. |
Creator |
Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which this object was created. |
Fill |
Returns a ChartFillFormat object that contains fill formatting properties for the specified chart legend. |
Font |
Returns a Font object that represents the font of the specified object. |
Format |
Returns the ChartFormat object. Read-only. |
Height |
The height, in points, of the object. |
IncludeInLayout |
True if a legend will occupy the chart layout space when a chart layout is being determined. The default value is True. Read/write Boolean. |
Interior |
Returns an Interior object that represents the interior of the specified object. |
Left |
The distance, in points, from the left edge of the object to the left edge of the chart area. |
Name |
Returns the name of the object. |
Parent |
Returns the parent object for the specified object. |
Position |
Returns or sets the position of the legend on the chart. |
Shadow |
True if the font is a shadow font or if the object has a shadow. |
Top |
The distance, in points, from the top edge of the object to the top of the chart area. |
Width |
The width, in points, of the object. |
Methods
Clear() |
Clears the entire object. |
Delete() |
Deletes the object. |
LegendEntries(Object) |
Returns an object that represents either a single legend entry (a LegendEntry object) or a collection of legend entries (a LegendEntries object) for the legend. |
Select() |
Selects the object. |