ChartSheet.ChartGroups Method

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Gets an object that represents either a single chart group (a ChartGroup object) or a collection of all the chart groups in the chart (a ChartGroups object).

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function ChartGroups ( _
    Index As Object _
) As Object

Object ChartGroups(
    Object Index
)

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Object

Remarks

The returned collection includes every type of group.

Optional Parameters

For information on optional parameters, see Optional Parameters in Office Solutions.

Examples

The following code example uses the ChartGroups method to set the distance between the bars of the current Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ChartSheet.

Private Sub UseChartGroups()
    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.xlBarClustered

    Dim Group1 As Excel.ChartGroup = _
        CType(Me.ChartGroups(1), Excel.ChartGroup)
    Group1.GapWidth = 400
End Sub

private void UseChartGroups()
{
    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.xlBarClustered;

    Excel.ChartGroup group =
        (Excel.ChartGroup)this.ChartGroups(1);
    group.GapWidth = 400;
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

ChartSheet Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace