Chart.Export Method

Article
06/14/2013

Exports the chart in a graphic format.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function Export ( _
    Filename As String, _
    FilterName As Object, _
    Interactive As Object _
) As Boolean

bool Export(
    string Filename,
    Object FilterName,
    Object Interactive
)

Parameters

Filename
Type: System.String

The name of the exported file.

FilterName
Type: System.Object

The language-independent name of the graphic filter as it appears in the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics Filters.

Interactive
Type: System.Object

true to display the dialog box that contains the filter-specific options. If this argument is false, Microsoft Office Excel uses the default values for the filter. The default value is false.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean

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 Export method to export the chart as a graphic file named Chart1.gif at the root of the C:\ directory.

Private Sub SaveChartAsGIF()
    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

    Chart1.Export("C:\Chart1.gif", "GIF", False)
End Sub

private void SaveChartAsGIF()
{
    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;

    chart1.Export(@"C:\Chart1.gif", "GIF", false);
}

.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.