Chart.Shapes Property
Gets a Shapes object that represents all the shapes on the Chart control.
Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Shapes As Shapes
Shapes Shapes { get; }
Property Value
Type: Shapes
A Shapes object that represents all the shapes on the worksheet or chart sheet.
Examples
The following code example creates a Chart and then uses the Shapes property to draw a doughnut shape on the chart.
Private Sub AddDonutShape()
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.xlSurface
Chart1.Shapes.AddShape(Office.MsoAutoShapeType.msoShapeDonut, _
50, 50, 50, 50)
End Sub
private void AddDonutShape()
{
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.xlSurface;
chart1.Shapes.AddShape(
Office.MsoAutoShapeType.msoShapeDonut, 50, 50,
50, 50);
}
.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.