Chart.Legend Property
Gets a Legend object that represents the legend for the chart.
Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Legend As Legend
Legend Legend { get; }
Property Value
Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Legend
A Legend object that represents the legend for the chart.
Examples
The following code example creates a Chart and then uses the Legend property to modify the color of the legend border.
Private Sub SetLegendBorderColor()
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.Legend.Border.Color = _
ColorTranslator.ToOle(Color.Green)
End Sub
private void SetLegendBorderColor()
{
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.Legend.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.