ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(2).ChartType = xlLineMarkers

ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(2).ChartType = xlColumnClustered


would be the basic approach.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy



"Paul Willman" wrote in message
...
Sorry, Tom, let me be a bit clearer.

I'm not worried about the chart type - the chart type is a custom
line/column chart, where you have one or more lines crossing from left to
right and one or more columns rising from the bottom, each indicating a
specific data range.

When I add a new series to the chart, i'm trying to figure out how to tell
the data series whether it is a column or a line.

I hope this better describes my issue.

Thanks,

Paul

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote:

do you mean whether the chart is to be a Column Chart or a Bar Chart?

Are you talking about the whole chart or is it a mixed chart

or are you talking about something else, where the line might be an
indicator of a goal value or the current date as an example.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Paul Willman" wrote in message
...
I have a VB6 app that creates some SeriesCollections in a chart

chtChart.Chart.SeriesCollection.NewSeries

where chtChart is defined as

Dim chtChart As Excel.ChartObject

I need to know how to tell the chart that the new series is a vertical
bar
or a horizontal line. I've been unsuccessfull in identifying this
property
when playing around in Excel.

Any help you can give me is most appreciated.

Thanks,

Paul Willman