Chart.SetBackgroundPicture Method
Sets the background graphic for Chart control.
Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Sub SetBackgroundPicture ( _
Filename As String _
)
void SetBackgroundPicture(
string Filename
)
Parameters
Filename
Type: System.StringThe name of the graphic file.
Examples
The following code example creates a Chart and then uses the SetBackgroundPicture method to set the background of the chart to an image file.
Private Sub ApplyNewBackground()
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
Dim backgroundFilePath As String = "c:\image1.jpg"
If System.IO.File.Exists(backgroundFilePath) Then
Chart1.SetBackgroundPicture("c:\image1.jpg")
Else
MsgBox("The file image1.jpg does not exist at C:\")
End If
End Sub
private void ApplyNewBackground()
{
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;
string backgroundFilePath = @"c:\image1.jpg";
if (System.IO.File.Exists(backgroundFilePath))
{
chart1.SetBackgroundPicture(@"c:\image1.jpg");
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show(@"The file image1.jpg does not exist at C:\");
}
}
.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.