ChartSheet.PlotArea Property (2007 System)

Gets a PlotArea object that represents the plot area of a Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ChartSheet.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v9.0 (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v9.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<BrowsableAttribute(False)> _
Public ReadOnly Property PlotArea As PlotArea
'Usage
Dim instance As ChartSheet 
Dim value As PlotArea 

value = instance.PlotArea
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public PlotArea PlotArea { get; }
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public:
property PlotArea^ PlotArea {
    PlotArea^ get ();
}
public function get PlotArea () : PlotArea

Property Value

Type: PlotArea
A PlotArea object that represents the plot area of a Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ChartSheet.

Examples

The following code example uses the PlotArea property of the current Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ChartSheet to change the color of the border around the plot area of the chart.

Private Sub SetPlotAreaBorderColor()
    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.xl3DBarClustered

    Me.PlotArea.Border.Color = _
            ColorTranslator.ToOle(Color.Green)
End Sub
private void SetPlotAreaBorderColor()
{
    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.xl3DBarClustered;

    this.PlotArea.Border.Color =
        ColorTranslator.ToOle(Color.Green);
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

ChartSheet Class

ChartSheet Members

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace