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ChartSheetBase.ApplyCustomType Method

Applies a standard or custom chart type to a Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ChartSheetBase.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v4.0.Utilities (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v4.0.Utilities.dll)
public void ApplyCustomType(
	XlChartType chartType,
	Object typeName
)

Parameters

chartType
Type: XlChartType

A standard chart type.

typeName
Type: Object

The name of the custom chart type if ChartType specifies a custom chart gallery.

Optional Parameters

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

The following code example uses the ApplyCustomType method to set the current Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ChartSheetBase to a standard chart type that uses clustered bars to display data.

private void SetChartSheetType()
{
    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.ApplyCustomType(Excel.XlChartType.xlBarClustered);
}
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