Lets say I have 25 data points on a chart split between 5 series.

One data point is selected.

What do you mean by which data point. It doesn't have a name like Seymor,
so how are you identifying a data point.

My original suggestion would be akin to something like
SeriesCollection(2).Points(3)

as an example.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Bill" wrote in message
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All I want to do is to look at a chart where there is a single data point
selected and find out which point is selected - without there being
anything
special about the series collection. I am not sure it is possible.

Bill




"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
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What am I missing?

How to find out what point it is? <g

seriously, what do you want to know. Which point (index) it is in the
points collection of the Series. Not to say I can tell you that, but I
can
see if I can figure it out. (there doesn't appear to be anything
inherent
to
a point object that will tell you that.) I could always change an
attribute
of the point, then loop through the points until I found the point with
that
unique attribute, then change it back.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Bill" wrote in message
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Hello Tom,

You are correct (of course). But I still don't know what point it is,
just
that it is a point that is selected. What am I missing?

Bill


"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
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In a line chart embedded in a worksheet, if I have a single point
selected:

? typename(selection)
Point
? typename(selection.parent)
Series


If I have a series selected
? typename(selection)
Series

This seems to contradict your premis

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Bill" wrote in message
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Thanks Tom. But that doesn't work because I don't know x and y.
I
don't
want to have the macro in the workbook with the chart sheet, but
that
may
be
the only way to do it.

Bill
"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
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Look at GetChartElement

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Bill" wrote in message
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Hello,
I would like to
select a single point on a chart, then select a button that
will
call
the
following subroutine:

AddCommenttoPoint(ByVal ElementID As Long, ByVal Arg1 As Long,
ByVal
Arg2
As
Long)

The elementID is XlSeries, Arg1 is the first series
collection.
The
problem
I have is Arg2. I want that to be the data point that is
selected
on
the
series. How do I determine which data point is selected on a
series
collection using code? The Selected property does not work
with
the
series
collection.

Thanks a lot.

Bill