ChartSheet.BarGroups Method

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On a 2-D chart, returns an object that represents either a single bar chart group (a ChartGroup object) or a collection of the bar chart groups (a ChartGroups collection).

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function BarGroups ( _
    Index As Object _
) As Object

Object BarGroups(
    Object Index
)

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Object

Remarks

Optional Parameters

For information on optional parameters, see Optional Parameters in Office Solutions.

Examples

The following code example uses the BarGroups method to set the distance between the bars of the current Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.ChartSheet.

Private Sub UseBarGroups()
    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.xlBarClustered

    Dim Group1 As Excel.ChartGroup = _
        CType(Me.BarGroups(1), Excel.ChartGroup)
    Group1.GapWidth = 200
End Sub

private void UseBarGroups()
{
    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.xlBarClustered;

    Excel.ChartGroup group =
        (Excel.ChartGroup)this.BarGroups(1);
    group.GapWidth = 200;
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

ChartSheet Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace