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Activating a Chart object
Hi,
Whats the correct syntax to access (activate) a chart within a chart sheet in an excel workbook? I tried Sheets("Chart1").Chartobjects("Chart 5").activate Also, Charts("Chart1").Chartobjects("Chart 5").activate But both of them gave run-time error. Basically I want to select a single chart within a chart sheet and change the Auto-Scale property to False. (I need to ultimately do this within all Excel Chart OLE's within a PPT, so my syntaxes actually have the name of the PPT session along with object name appended to them.) Regards, Hari India |
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Hi,
Have you tried using the macro recorder to get an idea of the syntax? I got this, Charts("Chart1").ChartObjects("Chart 1"). _ Chart.ChartArea.AutoScaleFont = False Cheers Andy Hari Prasadh wrote: Hi, Whats the correct syntax to access (activate) a chart within a chart sheet in an excel workbook? I tried Sheets("Chart1").Chartobjects("Chart 5").activate Also, Charts("Chart1").Chartobjects("Chart 5").activate But both of them gave run-time error. Basically I want to select a single chart within a chart sheet and change the Auto-Scale property to False. (I need to ultimately do this within all Excel Chart OLE's within a PPT, so my syntaxes actually have the name of the PPT session along with object name appended to them.) Regards, Hari India -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info |
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Hi Andy,
I tried recording macros and when I changed the constants like Chart1 and Chart 1 to variables I started getting errors. And I could check that the Names (Chart1 and Chart 1) were correct (after considerable difficulty) and also the variables which were holding these values were correct and hence couldnt understand what I was doing wrong. Also the problem could have been because Im not conversant with object level model for charts (im going through them presently but). Some queries: - a) Names of Charts are so difficult to find when im in a WORKSHEET. If I click on the chart border and see the name box it would display "Chart area" or if I click inside it would say plot area but not the name of the chart. Rather I would have to extend the black borders of the chart area and see the chart name displayed. Is there a better way than resorting to such distortion. b) Morever Im not able to see the names of the charts (mentioned in point a) above) when they are embedded in the CHARTSHETTS. I have to take the trouble of moving them to worksheets and stretching them and looking their names. The same stretching within chartsheets doesnt yield names when am within chartsheets. And yes, in case of Parent charts One cannnot do any stretching? c) Morever this is something I learned from my colleague just now. A Normal data worksheet can have many charts and None of them is tethered to one another. I thought that in the same way the charts within a Chartsheet are also not "linked" to each other. BUT, I see that if I have a chart sheet with a single chart in it then it is the "Parent chart" while any other charts that we add subsequently in that chart sheet have their chartarea within the chart area of the parent chart. Please throw some light on the same. d) When I tried moving the parent chart's location I got a message "To move a chart from its own sheet to an object, you must first remove all chart objects embedded in the sheet". On the other hand if I move the "child" chart from this same chart sheet to another worksheet/new chartsheet one can do flawlessly. So is the original chart in the chart sheet owner of that chartsheet? e) How do I refer to a parent chart in a chart sheet if i dont know its name? f) Suppose I have one embedded chart within a Chartsheet along with a parent sheet then do I use chartobject method to refer to the child chart. Recorded Macro tells me that it is so (please see the code "ParentAndChildInChartSheet" below) On the other hand Help File for ChartObject Object says that it "Represents an embedded chart on a worksheet." So why does recorded macro refer to the child with respect to chart objects while help file says that Chartobject object is only for Embedded WORKSHEETS? sub ParentAndChildInChartSheet() Sheets("Chart3").Select ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 2").Activate ActiveChart.Axes(xlValue).Select Selection.TickLabels.AutoScaleFont = False ActiveWindow.Visible = False Windows("Book1").Activate ActiveChart.Axes(xlValue).Select Selection.TickLabels.AutoScaleFont = False ActiveChart.Deselect End Sub In the above charts are there in Book1 workbook and while recording macro Im never switching workbooks so why does the macro use the "Windows("Book1").Activate" Also in this when there is only parent chart in a chart sheet and no more charts are there in the chart sheet, I get the following code: - Sub ParentOnlyInChartSheet() Sheets("Chart3").Select ActiveChart.Axes(xlValue).Select Selection.TickLabels.AutoScaleFont = False End Sub So does that mean the parent chart is aleays referred to as active chart? Thanks a lot, Hari India "Andy Pope" wrote in message ... Hi, Have you tried using the macro recorder to get an idea of the syntax? I got this, Charts("Chart1").ChartObjects("Chart 1"). _ Chart.ChartArea.AutoScaleFont = False Cheers Andy Hari Prasadh wrote: |
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Hi,
To see the name of a chartobject hold the shift key and then select the chart. The chartobjects name will then appear in the Name Box (next to the formula bar). You can embed multiple chart objects within a chart sheet but you can not embed chart objects within other chart objects. So when you try and change the location of a chart sheet with a chart object embeded in it you will get the warning message. This is because you are converting the chart sheet into a chart object. The following will set the axes for all charts and chartobjects. Sub Main() Dim chtTemp As Chart Dim shtTemp As Worksheet Dim objCht As ChartObject ' process all chart objects on each worksheet in workbook For Each shtTemp In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets For Each chtobj In shtTemp.ChartObjects objCht.Chart.Axes(xlValue).TickLabels.AutoScaleFon t = False Next Next ' process each chartsheet and chartobject in workbook For Each chtTemp In ActiveWorkbook.Charts chtTemp.Axes(xlValue).TickLabels.AutoScaleFont = False For Each objCht In chtTemp.ChartObjects objCht.Chart.Axes(xlValue).TickLabels.AutoScaleFon t = False Next Next End Sub To get the parent of a chartobject on a worksheet you can use Activechart.parent.name To get the name of the chartobject on a chartsheet Activechart.parent.name To get the name of the chartsheet of a chartobject on a chartsheet Activechart.parent.parent.name The appearence of code like Windows("Book1").Activate is because the marco recorder is not really intelligent it just generates code for all your actions. It's a pretty good place to start but you do need to remove redundent code. Hopefully that covers all the questions. Cheers Andy Hari Prasadh wrote: Hi Andy, I tried recording macros and when I changed the constants like Chart1 and Chart 1 to variables I started getting errors. And I could check that the Names (Chart1 and Chart 1) were correct (after considerable difficulty) and also the variables which were holding these values were correct and hence couldnt understand what I was doing wrong. Also the problem could have been because Im not conversant with object level model for charts (im going through them presently but). Some queries: - a) Names of Charts are so difficult to find when im in a WORKSHEET. If I click on the chart border and see the name box it would display "Chart area" or if I click inside it would say plot area but not the name of the chart. Rather I would have to extend the black borders of the chart area and see the chart name displayed. Is there a better way than resorting to such distortion. b) Morever Im not able to see the names of the charts (mentioned in point a) above) when they are embedded in the CHARTSHETTS. I have to take the trouble of moving them to worksheets and stretching them and looking their names. The same stretching within chartsheets doesnt yield names when am within chartsheets. And yes, in case of Parent charts One cannnot do any stretching? c) Morever this is something I learned from my colleague just now. A Normal data worksheet can have many charts and None of them is tethered to one another. I thought that in the same way the charts within a Chartsheet are also not "linked" to each other. BUT, I see that if I have a chart sheet with a single chart in it then it is the "Parent chart" while any other charts that we add subsequently in that chart sheet have their chartarea within the chart area of the parent chart. Please throw some light on the same. d) When I tried moving the parent chart's location I got a message "To move a chart from its own sheet to an object, you must first remove all chart objects embedded in the sheet". On the other hand if I move the "child" chart from this same chart sheet to another worksheet/new chartsheet one can do flawlessly. So is the original chart in the chart sheet owner of that chartsheet? e) How do I refer to a parent chart in a chart sheet if i dont know its name? f) Suppose I have one embedded chart within a Chartsheet along with a parent sheet then do I use chartobject method to refer to the child chart. Recorded Macro tells me that it is so (please see the code "ParentAndChildInChartSheet" below) On the other hand Help File for ChartObject Object says that it "Represents an embedded chart on a worksheet." So why does recorded macro refer to the child with respect to chart objects while help file says that Chartobject object is only for Embedded WORKSHEETS? sub ParentAndChildInChartSheet() Sheets("Chart3").Select ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 2").Activate ActiveChart.Axes(xlValue).Select Selection.TickLabels.AutoScaleFont = False ActiveWindow.Visible = False Windows("Book1").Activate ActiveChart.Axes(xlValue).Select Selection.TickLabels.AutoScaleFont = False ActiveChart.Deselect End Sub In the above charts are there in Book1 workbook and while recording macro Im never switching workbooks so why does the macro use the "Windows("Book1").Activate" Also in this when there is only parent chart in a chart sheet and no more charts are there in the chart sheet, I get the following code: - Sub ParentOnlyInChartSheet() Sheets("Chart3").Select ActiveChart.Axes(xlValue).Select Selection.TickLabels.AutoScaleFont = False End Sub So does that mean the parent chart is aleays referred to as active chart? Thanks a lot, Hari India "Andy Pope" wrote in message ... Hi, Have you tried using the macro recorder to get an idea of the syntax? I got this, Charts("Chart1").ChartObjects("Chart 1"). _ Chart.ChartArea.AutoScaleFont = False Cheers Andy Hari Prasadh wrote: -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info |
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Hi,
Thanks for your detailed explanation Seeing your along and comparing with macro recorder am able to make sense of the kind of syntax needed to do similar things. Im now able to understand that even chartsheets work on the basis of the chart objects syntax. (wonder why MS has written in the help about chartobjects saying "Represents an embedded chart on a worksheet." when even chartsheets use the chartobject concept.) Grateful for your Shift + Click for chart name tip. Thanks a lot, Hari India "Andy Pope" wrote in message ... |
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Hari -
The chart object represents a chart embedded in any sheet, whether it's a chart sheet or worksheet. But don't get confused and try to access the chart object container of a chart which is the chart sheet itself, not embedded in the sheet. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Peltier Technical Services Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com/ _______ Hari Prasadh wrote: Hi, Thanks for your detailed explanation Seeing your along and comparing with macro recorder am able to make sense of the kind of syntax needed to do similar things. Im now able to understand that even chartsheets work on the basis of the chart objects syntax. (wonder why MS has written in the help about chartobjects saying "Represents an embedded chart on a worksheet." when even chartsheets use the chartobject concept.) Grateful for your Shift + Click for chart name tip. Thanks a lot, Hari India "Andy Pope" wrote in message ... |
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Hi Jon,
Thanks for the clarification. I am sure I have come across an article/web-page which says that if one wants to control charts through programming then its better to do that with embedded charts in Worksheets rather than the charts/embedded charts within a ChartSheet. Reason cited was that syntax is more consistent/clearer/easier (or something similar). If you have the link please give the same to me. (I think it was probably your article.) Thanks a lot, Hari India "Jon Peltier" wrote in message ... Hari - The chart object represents a chart embedded in any sheet, whether it's a chart sheet or worksheet. But don't get confused and try to access the chart object container of a chart which is the chart sheet itself, not embedded in the sheet. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Peltier Technical Services Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com/ _______ Hari Prasadh wrote: Hi, Thanks for your detailed explanation Seeing your along and comparing with macro recorder am able to make sense of the kind of syntax needed to do similar things. Im now able to understand that even chartsheets work on the basis of the chart objects syntax. (wonder why MS has written in the help about chartobjects saying "Represents an embedded chart on a worksheet." when even chartsheets use the chartobject concept.) Grateful for your Shift + Click for chart name tip. Thanks a lot, Hari India "Andy Pope" wrote in message ... |
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