Chart.ColumnGroups Method

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On a 2-D chart, returns an object that represents either a single column chart group (a ChartGroup object) or a collection of the column chart groups (a ChartGroups collection).

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function ColumnGroups ( _
    Index As Object _
) As Object

Object ColumnGroups(
    Object Index
)

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Object
An object that represents either a single column chart group (a ChartGroup object) or a collection of the column chart groups (a ChartGroups collection).

Remarks

Optional Parameters

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

Examples

The following code example creates a column Chart and then uses the ColumnGroups method to set the space between the columns.

Private Sub UseColumnGroups()
    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.xlColumnClustered

    Dim group As Excel.ChartGroup = CType(Chart1.ColumnGroups(1), _
        Excel.ChartGroup)

    group.GapWidth = 400
End Sub

private void UseColumnGroups()
{
    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.xlColumnClustered;

    Excel.ChartGroup group =
        (Excel.ChartGroup)chart1.ColumnGroups(1);

    group.GapWidth = 400;
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Chart Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace