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Chart.Parent Property

Visual Studio 2005

Gets the parent object for the Chart control.

Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel (in microsoft.office.tools.excel.dll)

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public Object Parent { get; }

Property Value

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

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

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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);
}
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