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Chart.ChartArea Property

Gets a ChartArea object that represents the complete chart area for the chart.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property ChartArea As ChartArea
ChartArea ChartArea { get; }

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.ChartArea
A ChartArea object that represents the complete chart area for the chart.

Examples

The following code example creates a Chart and then uses the ChartArea property to modify the weight and color of the chart area border.

Private Sub UseChartArea()
    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.xlColumnClustered

    Chart1.ChartArea.Border.Color = _
            ColorTranslator.ToOle(Color.Green)
    Chart1.ChartArea.Border.Weight = Excel.XlBorderWeight.xlThick
End Sub
private void UseChartArea()
{
    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.xlColumnClustered;

    chart1.ChartArea.Border.Color = ColorTranslator.ToOle(Color.Green);
    chart1.ChartArea.Border.Weight = 
        Excel.XlBorderWeight.xlThick;
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Chart Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace