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Chart.PlotBy Property

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Definition

Namespace:
Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly:
Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.dll

Gets or sets the way columns or rows are used as data series on the chart.

public:
 property Microsoft::Office::Interop::Excel::XlRowCol PlotBy { Microsoft::Office::Interop::Excel::XlRowCol get(); void set(Microsoft::Office::Interop::Excel::XlRowCol value); };
public Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlRowCol PlotBy { get; set; }
member this.PlotBy : Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlRowCol with get, set
Public Property PlotBy As XlRowCol

Property Value

XlRowCol

One of the following XlRowCol values: xlColumns or xlRows.

Examples

The following code example creates a Chart with data plotted by columns, and then prompts the user to plot data by rows with the PlotBy property.

private void ChangePlotToRows()
{
    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;

    if (DialogResult.Yes ==
        MessageBox.Show("The chart is currently plotted by columns." +
        "  Change to plot by rows?", "Example", 
        MessageBoxButtons.YesNo))
    {
        chart1.PlotBy = Excel.XlRowCol.xlRows;
    }
}

Private Sub ChangePlotToRows()
    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

    If DialogResult.Yes = MessageBox.Show("The chart is " & _
        "currently plotted by columns. Change to plot by rows?", _
        "Example", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) Then
        Chart1.PlotBy = Excel.XlRowCol.xlRows
    End If
End Sub

Applies to