Chart.Parent Property

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Definition

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

Gets the parent object for the Chart control.

public:
 property System::Object ^ Parent { System::Object ^ get(); };
public object Parent { get; }
member this.Parent : obj
Public ReadOnly Property Parent As Object

Property Value

Object

A ChartObject that represents the parent object for the Chart control.

Examples

The following code example creates a Chart and then uses the Parent property to select the parent.

private void SelectParentObject()
{
    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;

    // Get and select the ChartObject parent.
    Excel.ChartObject parentObject = 
        (Excel.ChartObject)chart1.Parent;
    parentObject.Select(true);
}

Private Sub SelectParentObject()
    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

    ' Get and select the ChartObject parent.
    Dim parentObject As Excel.ChartObject = _
        CType(Chart1.Parent, Excel.ChartObject)
    parentObject.Select(True)
End Sub

Applies to