Chart.Parent Property
Gets the parent object for the Chart control.
Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Parent As Object
Object Parent { get; }
Property Value
Type: System.Object
A ChartObject that represents the parent object for the Chart control.
Examples
The following code example creates a Chart and then uses the Parent property to select the parent.
Private Sub SelectParentObject()
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
' Get and select the ChartObject parent.
Dim parentObject As Excel.ChartObject = _
CType(Chart1.Parent, Excel.ChartObject)
parentObject.Select(True)
End Sub
private void SelectParentObject()
{
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;
// Get and select the ChartObject parent.
Excel.ChartObject parentObject =
(Excel.ChartObject)chart1.Parent;
parentObject.Select(true);
}
.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.