ChartSheet.ColumnGroups Method (2007 System)

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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.v9.0 (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v9.0.dll)

Syntax

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

'Usage
Dim instance As ChartSheet 
Dim Index As Object 
Dim returnValue As Object 

returnValue = instance.ColumnGroups(Index)

public Object ColumnGroups(
    Object Index
)

public:
Object^ ColumnGroups(
    Object^ Index
)

public function ColumnGroups(
    Index : Object
) : Object

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Object

Remarks

Optional Parameters

For information on optional parameters, see The Variable missing and Optional Parameters in Office Solutions.

Examples

The following code example uses the ColumnGroups method to set the distance between columns in the current Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ChartSheet.

Private Sub UseColumnGroups()
    Globals.Sheet1.Range("A1", "A5").Value2 = 22
    Globals.Sheet1.Range("B1", "B5").Value2 = 55

    Me.SetSourceData(Globals.Sheet1.Range("A1", "B5"), _
        Excel.XlRowCol.xlColumns)
    Me.ChartType = Excel.XlChartType.xlColumnClustered

    Dim group As Excel.ChartGroup = _
        CType(Me.ColumnGroups(1), Excel.ChartGroup)
    group.GapWidth = 400
End Sub

private void UseColumnGroups()
{
    Globals.Sheet1.Range["A1", "A5"].Value2 = 22;
    Globals.Sheet1.Range["B1", "B5"].Value2 = 55;

    this.SetSourceData(Globals.Sheet1.Range["A1", "B5"],
        Excel.XlRowCol.xlColumns);
    this.ChartType = Excel.XlChartType.xlColumnClustered;

    Excel.ChartGroup group =
        (Excel.ChartGroup)this.ColumnGroups(1);
    group.GapWidth = 400;
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

ChartSheet Class

ChartSheet Members

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace