ChartSheetBase.PlotArea Property

public:
 property Microsoft::Office::Interop::Excel::PlotArea ^ PlotArea { Microsoft::Office::Interop::Excel::PlotArea ^ get(); };

public Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.PlotArea PlotArea { get; }

member this.PlotArea : Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.PlotArea

Public ReadOnly Property PlotArea As PlotArea

Property Value

A PlotArea object that represents the plot area of a ChartSheetBase.

Examples

The following code example uses the PlotArea property of the current Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ChartSheetBase to change the color of the border around the plot area of the chart.

private void SetPlotAreaBorderColor()
{
    Globals.Sheet1.Range["A1", "A5"].Value2 = 22;
    Globals.Sheet1.Range["B1", "B5"].Value2 = 55;

    this.SetSourceData(Globals.Sheet1.Range["A1", "B5"],
        Excel.XlRowCol.xlColumns);
    this.ChartType = Excel.XlChartType.xl3DBarClustered;

    this.PlotArea.Border.Color =
        ColorTranslator.ToOle(Color.Green);
}

Private Sub SetPlotAreaBorderColor()
    Globals.Sheet1.Range("A1", "A5").Value2 = 22
    Globals.Sheet1.Range("B1", "B5").Value2 = 55

    Me.SetSourceData(Globals.Sheet1.Range("A1", "B5"), _
        Excel.XlRowCol.xlColumns)
    Me.ChartType = Excel.XlChartType.xl3DBarClustered

    Me.PlotArea.Border.Color = _
            ColorTranslator.ToOle(Color.Green)
End Sub

Applies to