ChartSheetBase.SetBackgroundPicture Method

Sets the background graphic for a Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ChartSheetBase.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v4.0.Utilities (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.v4.0.Utilities.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub SetBackgroundPicture ( _
    filename As String _
)
public void SetBackgroundPicture(
    string filename
)

Parameters

Examples

The following code example uses the SetBackgroundPicture method to set the background of the current Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ChartSheetBase to an image file.

Private Sub ApplyNewBackground()
    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.xl3DColumn

    Dim backgroundFilePath As String = "C:\image1.jpg"
    If System.IO.File.Exists(backgroundFilePath) Then
        Me.SetBackgroundPicture("C:\image1.jpg")
    Else
        MsgBox("The file image1.jpg does not exist at C:\")
    End If
End Sub
private void ApplyNewBackground()
{
    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.xl3DColumn;

    string backgroundFilePath = @"C:\image1.jpg";

    if (System.IO.File.Exists(backgroundFilePath))
    {
        this.SetBackgroundPicture(@"C:\image1.jpg");
    }
    else
    {
        MessageBox.Show(@"The file image1.jpg does not exist at C:\.");
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

ChartSheetBase Class

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace