Chart.SetSourceData Method
Sets the source data range for the Chart control.
Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Sub SetSourceData ( _
Source As Range, _
PlotBy As Object _
)
void SetSourceData(
Range Source,
Object PlotBy
)
Parameters
- Source
Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Range
Range . The range that contains the source data.
- PlotBy
Type: System.Object
Specifies the way the data is to be plotted. Can be either of the following XlRowCol constants: xlColumns or xlRows.
Remarks
Optional Parameters
For information on optional parameters, see Optional Parameters in Office Solutions.
Examples
The following code example creates a Chart and then uses the SetSourceData method to set the data source of the chart to a range that contains cells A1 through B5.
Private Sub ApplyDataSource()
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
End Sub
private void ApplyDataSource()
{
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;
}
.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.