Chart.SetSourceData Method

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01/07/2014

Sets the source data range for the Chart control.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub SetSourceData ( _
    Source As Range, _
    PlotBy As Object _
)

void SetSourceData(
    Range Source,
    Object PlotBy
)

Parameters

Source
Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Range

Range. The range that contains the source data.

PlotBy
Type: System.Object

Specifies the way the data is to be plotted. Can be either of the following XlRowCol constants: xlColumns or xlRows.

Remarks

Optional Parameters

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

Examples

The following code example creates a Chart and then uses the SetSourceData method to set the data source of the chart to a range that contains cells A1 through B5.

Private Sub ApplyDataSource()
    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
End Sub

private void ApplyDataSource()
{
    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;
}

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

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