Chart.PlotArea Property

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Definition

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

Gets a PlotArea object that represents the plot area of a chart.

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

PlotArea

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

Examples

The following code example creates a Chart and then uses the PlotArea property to change the color of the border around the plot area of the chart.

private void SetPlotAreaBorderColor()
{
    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;

    chart1.PlotArea.Border.Color =
        ColorTranslator.ToOle(Color.Green);
}

Private Sub SetPlotAreaBorderColor()
    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

    Chart1.PlotArea.Border.Color = _
            ColorTranslator.ToOle(Color.Green)
End Sub

Applies to