Chart Control

The Chart control is a chart object that exposes events. When you add a chart to a worksheet, Visual Studio creates a Chart object that you can program against directly without having to traverse the Microsoft Office Excel object model.

Applies to: The information in this topic applies to document-level projects and VSTO add-in projects for Excel. For more information, see Features Available by Office Application and Project Type.

You can add Chart controls to a Microsoft Office Excel worksheet at design time or at run time in a document-level project.

You can add Chart controls to a worksheet at run time in a VSTO Add-in. For more information, see How to: Add Chart Controls to Worksheets.

Note
Dynamically created chart objects are not persisted in the worksheet as host controls when the worksheet is closed. For more information, see Adding Controls to Office Documents at Run Time.

All formatting that can be applied to a Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Chart can also be applied to a Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Chart control. This includes borders, fonts, chart type, gridlines, legend, and data labels.

The following events are available for the Chart control:

• ActivateEvent

• BeforeDoubleClick

• BeforeRightClick

• BindingContextChanged

• Calculate

• Deactivate

• Disposed

• DragOver

• DragPlot

• MouseDown

• MouseMove

• MouseUp

• Resize

• SelectEvent

• SeriesChange

Office Development Samples and Walkthroughs
Extending Word Documents and Excel Workbooks in VSTO Add-ins at Run Time
Controls on Office Documents
Adding Controls to Office Documents at Run Time
Automating Excel by Using Extended Objects
How to: Add Chart Controls to Worksheets
Binding Data to Controls in Office Solutions
Programmatic Limitations of Host Items and Host Controls