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Chart.SurfaceGroup Property

Gets a ChartGroup object that represents the surface chart group of a 3-D chart.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property SurfaceGroup As ChartGroup
ChartGroup SurfaceGroup { get; }

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.ChartGroup
A ChartGroup object that represents the surface chart group of a 3-D chart.

Examples

The following code example creates a Chart and then uses the SurfaceGroup property to enable 3-D shading.

Private Sub UseSurfaceGroup()
    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.xlSurface

    Chart1.SurfaceGroup.Has3DShading = True 
End Sub
private void UseSurfaceGroup()
{
    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.xlSurface;

    chart1.SurfaceGroup.Has3DShading = true;
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Chart Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace