Hi,

I have been trying to use John Peltier's awesome chart series change
procedure (Thanks a ton John!) but lately I am having problems that I can't
seem to figure out why the chart series won't change.

I have line charts with 1 series per chart and they use defined names for
the date and data.

The macro reads the original formula as: (using debug.print)

=SERIES(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_Date','gsci_rl m.xls'!'raw_weekly_COL_E',1)

and I am trying to change the date to ...raw_weekly_3Date which is a valid
named range and works if I manually change the chart.

The new series after the substitution looks like :
=series(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_3Date','gsci_r lm.xls'!'raw_weekly_col_e',1)

I continually reciave the error "Unable to set Formula property of Series
Class"

I thought the problem might be associated with the single quotes b/c when
you look at the formula bar in Xcl, you don't see them. I'm stumped b/c the
code looks straightforward and the names are valid, so why won't it work?

Your assistance is greatly appreciated!

Kohai

Sometimes, Excel doesn't give you the right formula. Did you copy the
formula and paste it in here? If so, this is an example of the problem.
There should not be a single quote after the name of the defined ranges
(before the following commas). I have encountered this problem when the
sheet name in the reference is "different", but I haven't explored it enough
to know what constitutes "different". Sometimes a space in the sheet name
will make it fail, and I suspect the underscore may also be implicated in
it.

If you know anything about VBA, perhaps you could insert a line that
replaces "'," (that's double quote - single quote - comma - double quote,
where the double quotes are enclosing the text to replace, not part of it)
with ",".

Maybe I'll play with that a bit, because I get an email every month or so
from a user who experiences this problem.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I have been trying to use John Peltier's awesome chart series change
procedure (Thanks a ton John!) but lately I am having problems that I
can't
seem to figure out why the chart series won't change.

I have line charts with 1 series per chart and they use defined names for
the date and data.

The macro reads the original formula as: (using debug.print)

=SERIES(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_Date','gsci_rl m.xls'!'raw_weekly_COL_E',1)

and I am trying to change the date to ...raw_weekly_3Date which is a valid
named range and works if I manually change the chart.

The new series after the substitution looks like :
=series(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_3Date','gsci_r lm.xls'!'raw_weekly_col_e',1)

I continually reciave the error "Unable to set Formula property of Series
Class"

I thought the problem might be associated with the single quotes b/c when
you look at the formula bar in Xcl, you don't see them. I'm stumped b/c
the
code looks straightforward and the names are valid, so why won't it work?

Your assistance is greatly appreciated!

Kohai

Well, I did a little bit of checking, and what seems to fail the code is
when the X values are defined by a name instead of a range address (Excel
doesn't mind a name in the Y values). Excel insists on putting the single
quote around the name in MySrs.Formula. If you leave the single quotes in or
take them out, you still get an error when you try to set the new formula of
the series. I even recorded a macro while I manually changed the formula,
and those single quotes sneaked in:

Sub Macro1()

'

' Macro1 Macro

' Macro recorded 7/31/2007 by Jon Peltier

'

ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).Formula = _

"=SERIES('Sheet 1'!R3C3,Book1!'categories',Book1!Beta,1)"

End Sub


I noticed that the macro recorded the first argument in R1C1 notation, but
when I made that adjustment, the code still failed.

This here's a bug, folks. But don't be alarmed, I have an idea for a
workaround.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
Sometimes, Excel doesn't give you the right formula. Did you copy the
formula and paste it in here? If so, this is an example of the problem.
There should not be a single quote after the name of the defined ranges
(before the following commas). I have encountered this problem when the
sheet name in the reference is "different", but I haven't explored it
enough to know what constitutes "different". Sometimes a space in the
sheet name will make it fail, and I suspect the underscore may also be
implicated in it.

If you know anything about VBA, perhaps you could insert a line that
replaces "'," (that's double quote - single quote - comma - double quote,
where the double quotes are enclosing the text to replace, not part of it)
with ",".

Maybe I'll play with that a bit, because I get an email every month or so
from a user who experiences this problem.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I have been trying to use John Peltier's awesome chart series change
procedure (Thanks a ton John!) but lately I am having problems that I
can't
seem to figure out why the chart series won't change.

I have line charts with 1 series per chart and they use defined names for
the date and data.

The macro reads the original formula as: (using debug.print)

=SERIES(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_Date','gsci_rl m.xls'!'raw_weekly_COL_E',1)

and I am trying to change the date to ...raw_weekly_3Date which is a
valid
named range and works if I manually change the chart.

The new series after the substitution looks like :
=series(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_3Date','gsci_r lm.xls'!'raw_weekly_col_e',1)

I continually reciave the error "Unable to set Formula property of Series
Class"

I thought the problem might be associated with the single quotes b/c when
you look at the formula bar in Xcl, you don't see them. I'm stumped b/c
the
code looks straightforward and the names are valid, so why won't it work?

Your assistance is greatly appreciated!

Kohai

My workaround seems successful. I had to steal some code from John
Walkenbach, mostly because I was too lazy to write a parser for the chart
series formula. It's not well tested yet, so I haven't posted it. maybe
tomorrow.

Essentially, the code now parses the formula, and if the XValues consist of
a name, it temporarily removes the XValues from the formula, does the
replacement, then reinserts the XValues back using

.XValues = "=" & /previous XValues string/

Fortunately .XValues is not plagued by the excess single quotes.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
Well, I did a little bit of checking, and what seems to fail the code is
when the X values are defined by a name instead of a range address (Excel
doesn't mind a name in the Y values). Excel insists on putting the single
quote around the name in MySrs.Formula. If you leave the single quotes in
or take them out, you still get an error when you try to set the new
formula of the series. I even recorded a macro while I manually changed
the formula, and those single quotes sneaked in:

Sub Macro1()

'

' Macro1 Macro

' Macro recorded 7/31/2007 by Jon Peltier

'

ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).Formula = _

"=SERIES('Sheet 1'!R3C3,Book1!'categories',Book1!Beta,1)"

End Sub


I noticed that the macro recorded the first argument in R1C1 notation, but
when I made that adjustment, the code still failed.

This here's a bug, folks. But don't be alarmed, I have an idea for a
workaround.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
Sometimes, Excel doesn't give you the right formula. Did you copy the
formula and paste it in here? If so, this is an example of the problem.
There should not be a single quote after the name of the defined ranges
(before the following commas). I have encountered this problem when the
sheet name in the reference is "different", but I haven't explored it
enough to know what constitutes "different". Sometimes a space in the
sheet name will make it fail, and I suspect the underscore may also be
implicated in it.

If you know anything about VBA, perhaps you could insert a line that
replaces "'," (that's double quote - single quote - comma - double quote,
where the double quotes are enclosing the text to replace, not part of
it) with ",".

Maybe I'll play with that a bit, because I get an email every month or so
from a user who experiences this problem.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I have been trying to use John Peltier's awesome chart series change
procedure (Thanks a ton John!) but lately I am having problems that I
can't
seem to figure out why the chart series won't change.

I have line charts with 1 series per chart and they use defined names
for
the date and data.

The macro reads the original formula as: (using debug.print)

=SERIES(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_Date','gsci_rl m.xls'!'raw_weekly_COL_E',1)

and I am trying to change the date to ...raw_weekly_3Date which is a
valid
named range and works if I manually change the chart.

The new series after the substitution looks like :
=series(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_3Date','gsci_r lm.xls'!'raw_weekly_col_e',1)

I continually reciave the error "Unable to set Formula property of
Series
Class"

I thought the problem might be associated with the single quotes b/c
when
you look at the formula bar in Xcl, you don't see them. I'm stumped b/c
the
code looks straightforward and the names are valid, so why won't it
work?

Your assistance is greatly appreciated!

Kohai

I've posted the updated utility to my web site and filed a bug report.

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/ChgSrsFmla.html

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
My workaround seems successful. I had to steal some code from John
Walkenbach, mostly because I was too lazy to write a parser for the chart
series formula. It's not well tested yet, so I haven't posted it. maybe
tomorrow.

Essentially, the code now parses the formula, and if the XValues consist
of a name, it temporarily removes the XValues from the formula, does the
replacement, then reinserts the XValues back using

.XValues = "=" & /previous XValues string/

Fortunately .XValues is not plagued by the excess single quotes.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
Well, I did a little bit of checking, and what seems to fail the code is
when the X values are defined by a name instead of a range address (Excel
doesn't mind a name in the Y values). Excel insists on putting the single
quote around the name in MySrs.Formula. If you leave the single quotes in
or take them out, you still get an error when you try to set the new
formula of the series. I even recorded a macro while I manually changed
the formula, and those single quotes sneaked in:

Sub Macro1()

'

' Macro1 Macro

' Macro recorded 7/31/2007 by Jon Peltier

'

ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).Formula = _

"=SERIES('Sheet 1'!R3C3,Book1!'categories',Book1!Beta,1)"

End Sub


I noticed that the macro recorded the first argument in R1C1 notation,
but when I made that adjustment, the code still failed.

This here's a bug, folks. But don't be alarmed, I have an idea for a
workaround.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
Sometimes, Excel doesn't give you the right formula. Did you copy the
formula and paste it in here? If so, this is an example of the problem.
There should not be a single quote after the name of the defined ranges
(before the following commas). I have encountered this problem when the
sheet name in the reference is "different", but I haven't explored it
enough to know what constitutes "different". Sometimes a space in the
sheet name will make it fail, and I suspect the underscore may also be
implicated in it.

If you know anything about VBA, perhaps you could insert a line that
replaces "'," (that's double quote - single quote - comma - double
quote, where the double quotes are enclosing the text to replace, not
part of it) with ",".

Maybe I'll play with that a bit, because I get an email every month or
so from a user who experiences this problem.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I have been trying to use John Peltier's awesome chart series change
procedure (Thanks a ton John!) but lately I am having problems that I
can't
seem to figure out why the chart series won't change.

I have line charts with 1 series per chart and they use defined names
for
the date and data.

The macro reads the original formula as: (using debug.print)

=SERIES(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_Date','gsci_rl m.xls'!'raw_weekly_COL_E',1)

and I am trying to change the date to ...raw_weekly_3Date which is a
valid
named range and works if I manually change the chart.

The new series after the substitution looks like :
=series(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_3Date','gsci_r lm.xls'!'raw_weekly_col_e',1)

I continually reciave the error "Unable to set Formula property of
Series
Class"

I thought the problem might be associated with the single quotes b/c
when
you look at the formula bar in Xcl, you don't see them. I'm stumped
b/c the
code looks straightforward and the names are valid, so why won't it
work?

Your assistance is greatly appreciated!

Kohai

John,

Thank you very much for your assistance. The knowledge that you have kindly
imparted to the me and others has been invaluable.

I had an idea that the single quotes might have been a problem, but I will
take a look at your website and try and implement the fix that you've created.

How would we know if the bug is fixed in the future?

Regards,

Kohai


"Jon Peltier" wrote:

I've posted the updated utility to my web site and filed a bug report.

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/ChgSrsFmla.html

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
My workaround seems successful. I had to steal some code from John
Walkenbach, mostly because I was too lazy to write a parser for the chart
series formula. It's not well tested yet, so I haven't posted it. maybe
tomorrow.

Essentially, the code now parses the formula, and if the XValues consist
of a name, it temporarily removes the XValues from the formula, does the
replacement, then reinserts the XValues back using

.XValues = "=" & /previous XValues string/

Fortunately .XValues is not plagued by the excess single quotes.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
Well, I did a little bit of checking, and what seems to fail the code is
when the X values are defined by a name instead of a range address (Excel
doesn't mind a name in the Y values). Excel insists on putting the single
quote around the name in MySrs.Formula. If you leave the single quotes in
or take them out, you still get an error when you try to set the new
formula of the series. I even recorded a macro while I manually changed
the formula, and those single quotes sneaked in:

Sub Macro1()

'

' Macro1 Macro

' Macro recorded 7/31/2007 by Jon Peltier

'

ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).Formula = _

"=SERIES('Sheet 1'!R3C3,Book1!'categories',Book1!Beta,1)"

End Sub


I noticed that the macro recorded the first argument in R1C1 notation,
but when I made that adjustment, the code still failed.

This here's a bug, folks. But don't be alarmed, I have an idea for a
workaround.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
Sometimes, Excel doesn't give you the right formula. Did you copy the
formula and paste it in here? If so, this is an example of the problem.
There should not be a single quote after the name of the defined ranges
(before the following commas). I have encountered this problem when the
sheet name in the reference is "different", but I haven't explored it
enough to know what constitutes "different". Sometimes a space in the
sheet name will make it fail, and I suspect the underscore may also be
implicated in it.

If you know anything about VBA, perhaps you could insert a line that
replaces "'," (that's double quote - single quote - comma - double
quote, where the double quotes are enclosing the text to replace, not
part of it) with ",".

Maybe I'll play with that a bit, because I get an email every month or
so from a user who experiences this problem.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I have been trying to use John Peltier's awesome chart series change
procedure (Thanks a ton John!) but lately I am having problems that I
can't
seem to figure out why the chart series won't change.

I have line charts with 1 series per chart and they use defined names
for
the date and data.

The macro reads the original formula as: (using debug.print)

=SERIES(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_Date','gsci_rl m.xls'!'raw_weekly_COL_E',1)

and I am trying to change the date to ...raw_weekly_3Date which is a
valid
named range and works if I manually change the chart.

The new series after the substitution looks like :
=series(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_3Date','gsci_r lm.xls'!'raw_weekly_col_e',1)

I continually reciave the error "Unable to set Formula property of
Series
Class"

I thought the problem might be associated with the single quotes b/c
when
you look at the formula bar in Xcl, you don't see them. I'm stumped
b/c the
code looks straightforward and the names are valid, so why won't it
work?

Your assistance is greatly appreciated!

Kohai

John,

I've looked at the updated utility and thank you for addressing the error.
Just to clarify, I see you've made a change to error handler to show that the
formula cannot be changed, but until MS makes some sort of change to excel,
there is no other way to programitically alter the series as it now stands?

I thought from your earlier post that you figured out how to make it work.

Thank you for assistance.

Kohai



"Jon Peltier" wrote:

I've posted the updated utility to my web site and filed a bug report.

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/ChgSrsFmla.html

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
My workaround seems successful. I had to steal some code from John
Walkenbach, mostly because I was too lazy to write a parser for the chart
series formula. It's not well tested yet, so I haven't posted it. maybe
tomorrow.

Essentially, the code now parses the formula, and if the XValues consist
of a name, it temporarily removes the XValues from the formula, does the
replacement, then reinserts the XValues back using

.XValues = "=" & /previous XValues string/

Fortunately .XValues is not plagued by the excess single quotes.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
Well, I did a little bit of checking, and what seems to fail the code is
when the X values are defined by a name instead of a range address (Excel
doesn't mind a name in the Y values). Excel insists on putting the single
quote around the name in MySrs.Formula. If you leave the single quotes in
or take them out, you still get an error when you try to set the new
formula of the series. I even recorded a macro while I manually changed
the formula, and those single quotes sneaked in:

Sub Macro1()

'

' Macro1 Macro

' Macro recorded 7/31/2007 by Jon Peltier

'

ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).Formula = _

"=SERIES('Sheet 1'!R3C3,Book1!'categories',Book1!Beta,1)"

End Sub


I noticed that the macro recorded the first argument in R1C1 notation,
but when I made that adjustment, the code still failed.

This here's a bug, folks. But don't be alarmed, I have an idea for a
workaround.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
Sometimes, Excel doesn't give you the right formula. Did you copy the
formula and paste it in here? If so, this is an example of the problem.
There should not be a single quote after the name of the defined ranges
(before the following commas). I have encountered this problem when the
sheet name in the reference is "different", but I haven't explored it
enough to know what constitutes "different". Sometimes a space in the
sheet name will make it fail, and I suspect the underscore may also be
implicated in it.

If you know anything about VBA, perhaps you could insert a line that
replaces "'," (that's double quote - single quote - comma - double
quote, where the double quotes are enclosing the text to replace, not
part of it) with ",".

Maybe I'll play with that a bit, because I get an email every month or
so from a user who experiences this problem.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I have been trying to use John Peltier's awesome chart series change
procedure (Thanks a ton John!) but lately I am having problems that I
can't
seem to figure out why the chart series won't change.

I have line charts with 1 series per chart and they use defined names
for
the date and data.

The macro reads the original formula as: (using debug.print)

=SERIES(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_Date','gsci_rl m.xls'!'raw_weekly_COL_E',1)

and I am trying to change the date to ...raw_weekly_3Date which is a
valid
named range and works if I manually change the chart.

The new series after the substitution looks like :
=series(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_3Date','gsci_r lm.xls'!'raw_weekly_col_e',1)

I continually reciave the error "Unable to set Formula property of
Series
Class"

I thought the problem might be associated with the single quotes b/c
when
you look at the formula bar in Xcl, you don't see them. I'm stumped
b/c the
code looks straightforward and the names are valid, so why won't it
work?

Your assistance is greatly appreciated!

Kohai

I did figure it out. If the X value argument of the series formula is a
name, I remove the argument from the new series formula, then add it using
series.XValues. The code never gets to the error handler in this case. Try
the new utility, it works. Or if it doesn't, let me know what you did to
break it again, so I can fix it again.

In the process of documenting this for a bug report, I discovered that Excel
2007 is even more poorly behaved when it comes to charts that reference
names in their series formulas. If you manually assign a name to the X value
argument, the series formula just disappears. Poof. And series.Formula
fails. If you use names for the Y values or name arguments of the series
formula, it seems behaved, but if you make a copy of the chart, you can't
read the series formula in the copy. I ran across this before, and I believe
saving, closing, and reopening the workbook makes the series formula
viewable again.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
John,

I've looked at the updated utility and thank you for addressing the error.
Just to clarify, I see you've made a change to error handler to show that
the
formula cannot be changed, but until MS makes some sort of change to
excel,
there is no other way to programitically alter the series as it now
stands?

I thought from your earlier post that you figured out how to make it work.

Thank you for assistance.

Kohai



"Jon Peltier" wrote:

I've posted the updated utility to my web site and filed a bug report.

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/ChgSrsFmla.html

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
My workaround seems successful. I had to steal some code from John
Walkenbach, mostly because I was too lazy to write a parser for the
chart
series formula. It's not well tested yet, so I haven't posted it. maybe
tomorrow.

Essentially, the code now parses the formula, and if the XValues
consist
of a name, it temporarily removes the XValues from the formula, does
the
replacement, then reinserts the XValues back using

.XValues = "=" & /previous XValues string/

Fortunately .XValues is not plagued by the excess single quotes.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
Well, I did a little bit of checking, and what seems to fail the code
is
when the X values are defined by a name instead of a range address
(Excel
doesn't mind a name in the Y values). Excel insists on putting the
single
quote around the name in MySrs.Formula. If you leave the single quotes
in
or take them out, you still get an error when you try to set the new
formula of the series. I even recorded a macro while I manually
changed
the formula, and those single quotes sneaked in:

Sub Macro1()

'

' Macro1 Macro

' Macro recorded 7/31/2007 by Jon Peltier

'

ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).Formula = _

"=SERIES('Sheet 1'!R3C3,Book1!'categories',Book1!Beta,1)"

End Sub


I noticed that the macro recorded the first argument in R1C1 notation,
but when I made that adjustment, the code still failed.

This here's a bug, folks. But don't be alarmed, I have an idea for a
workaround.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
Sometimes, Excel doesn't give you the right formula. Did you copy the
formula and paste it in here? If so, this is an example of the
problem.
There should not be a single quote after the name of the defined
ranges
(before the following commas). I have encountered this problem when
the
sheet name in the reference is "different", but I haven't explored it
enough to know what constitutes "different". Sometimes a space in the
sheet name will make it fail, and I suspect the underscore may also
be
implicated in it.

If you know anything about VBA, perhaps you could insert a line that
replaces "'," (that's double quote - single quote - comma - double
quote, where the double quotes are enclosing the text to replace, not
part of it) with ",".

Maybe I'll play with that a bit, because I get an email every month
or
so from a user who experiences this problem.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I have been trying to use John Peltier's awesome chart series change
procedure (Thanks a ton John!) but lately I am having problems that
I
can't
seem to figure out why the chart series won't change.

I have line charts with 1 series per chart and they use defined
names
for
the date and data.

The macro reads the original formula as: (using debug.print)

=SERIES(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_Date','gsci_rl m.xls'!'raw_weekly_COL_E',1)

and I am trying to change the date to ...raw_weekly_3Date which is a
valid
named range and works if I manually change the chart.

The new series after the substitution looks like :
=series(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_3Date','gsci_r lm.xls'!'raw_weekly_col_e',1)

I continually reciave the error "Unable to set Formula property of
Series
Class"

I thought the problem might be associated with the single quotes b/c
when
you look at the formula bar in Xcl, you don't see them. I'm stumped
b/c the
code looks straightforward and the names are valid, so why won't it
work?

Your assistance is greatly appreciated!

Kohai

Hi John,

I just downloaded the ChgSrsFrma.zip from your site. And I get the Msgbox
stating that the formula (old to new) cannot be changed.

I took a quick look at the code and all of the sections where the
substitution takes place (all charts, active charts, selected charts) use the
following:

sFormula = WorksheetFunction.Substitution(Formula, From, To)

I'm not seeing any code where anything is removed and reinserted. Am I
using the incorrect add-in? Am I just missing something?

Thank you.

Kohai



"Jon Peltier" wrote:

I did figure it out. If the X value argument of the series formula is a
name, I remove the argument from the new series formula, then add it using
series.XValues. The code never gets to the error handler in this case. Try
the new utility, it works. Or if it doesn't, let me know what you did to
break it again, so I can fix it again.

In the process of documenting this for a bug report, I discovered that Excel
2007 is even more poorly behaved when it comes to charts that reference
names in their series formulas. If you manually assign a name to the X value
argument, the series formula just disappears. Poof. And series.Formula
fails. If you use names for the Y values or name arguments of the series
formula, it seems behaved, but if you make a copy of the chart, you can't
read the series formula in the copy. I ran across this before, and I believe
saving, closing, and reopening the workbook makes the series formula
viewable again.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
John,

I've looked at the updated utility and thank you for addressing the error.
Just to clarify, I see you've made a change to error handler to show that
the
formula cannot be changed, but until MS makes some sort of change to
excel,
there is no other way to programitically alter the series as it now
stands?

I thought from your earlier post that you figured out how to make it work.

Thank you for assistance.

Kohai



"Jon Peltier" wrote:

I've posted the updated utility to my web site and filed a bug report.

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/ChgSrsFmla.html

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
My workaround seems successful. I had to steal some code from John
Walkenbach, mostly because I was too lazy to write a parser for the
chart
series formula. It's not well tested yet, so I haven't posted it. maybe
tomorrow.

Essentially, the code now parses the formula, and if the XValues
consist
of a name, it temporarily removes the XValues from the formula, does
the
replacement, then reinserts the XValues back using

.XValues = "=" & /previous XValues string/

Fortunately .XValues is not plagued by the excess single quotes.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
Well, I did a little bit of checking, and what seems to fail the code
is
when the X values are defined by a name instead of a range address
(Excel
doesn't mind a name in the Y values). Excel insists on putting the
single
quote around the name in MySrs.Formula. If you leave the single quotes
in
or take them out, you still get an error when you try to set the new
formula of the series. I even recorded a macro while I manually
changed
the formula, and those single quotes sneaked in:

Sub Macro1()

'

' Macro1 Macro

' Macro recorded 7/31/2007 by Jon Peltier

'

ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).Formula = _

"=SERIES('Sheet 1'!R3C3,Book1!'categories',Book1!Beta,1)"

End Sub


I noticed that the macro recorded the first argument in R1C1 notation,
but when I made that adjustment, the code still failed.

This here's a bug, folks. But don't be alarmed, I have an idea for a
workaround.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
Sometimes, Excel doesn't give you the right formula. Did you copy the
formula and paste it in here? If so, this is an example of the
problem.
There should not be a single quote after the name of the defined
ranges
(before the following commas). I have encountered this problem when
the
sheet name in the reference is "different", but I haven't explored it
enough to know what constitutes "different". Sometimes a space in the
sheet name will make it fail, and I suspect the underscore may also
be
implicated in it.

If you know anything about VBA, perhaps you could insert a line that
replaces "'," (that's double quote - single quote - comma - double
quote, where the double quotes are enclosing the text to replace, not
part of it) with ",".

Maybe I'll play with that a bit, because I get an email every month
or
so from a user who experiences this problem.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I have been trying to use John Peltier's awesome chart series change
procedure (Thanks a ton John!) but lately I am having problems that
I
can't
seem to figure out why the chart series won't change.

I have line charts with 1 series per chart and they use defined
names
for
the date and data.

The macro reads the original formula as: (using debug.print)

=SERIES(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_Date','gsci_rl m.xls'!'raw_weekly_COL_E',1)

and I am trying to change the date to ...raw_weekly_3Date which is a
valid
named range and works if I manually change the chart.

The new series after the substitution looks like :
=series(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_3Date','gsci_r lm.xls'!'raw_weekly_col_e',1)

I continually reciave the error "Unable to set Formula property of
Series
Class"

I thought the problem might be associated with the single quotes b/c
when
you look at the formula bar in Xcl, you don't see them. I'm stumped
b/c the
code looks straightforward and the names are valid, so why won't it
work?

Your assistance is greatly appreciated!

Kohai

D'oh! There's a slight glitch when changing the active chart only. I've just
posted the fixed version.

FYI, this line

sFmlaTo = WorksheetFunction.Substitute(sFmlaFrom, sFrom, sTo)

changes every instance of the text sFrom in sFmlaFrom to sTo. Later in the
code, it checks whether the range in the X values is a cell address
(containing "$") or not. If not, it must be a name, and it reconstructs the
series formula without the X value argument:

sFmlaTo = "=series(" & vSeriesElements(1, 1) & ",," & vSeriesElements(1,
3) & "," & vSeriesElements(1, 4) & ")"

Notice there is no vSeriesElements(1,2), but only an empty place between
commas where the second element belongs. Temporarily the series formula will
have no X values specified. The next line provides for the X values:

s_ReplaceXValues = "=" & vSeriesElements(1, 2)
bReplaceXValues = True

The Boolean is a flag that the X values need to be inserted. Later, when the
formula is changed:

Srs.Formula = sFmlaTo
If bReplaceXValues Then
Srs.XValues = s_ReplaceXValues
End If

if the Boolean is true, the XValues are also inserted.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
Hi John,

I just downloaded the ChgSrsFrma.zip from your site. And I get the Msgbox
stating that the formula (old to new) cannot be changed.

I took a quick look at the code and all of the sections where the
substitution takes place (all charts, active charts, selected charts) use
the
following:

sFormula = WorksheetFunction.Substitution(Formula, From, To)

I'm not seeing any code where anything is removed and reinserted. Am I
using the incorrect add-in? Am I just missing something?

Thank you.

Kohai



"Jon Peltier" wrote:

I did figure it out. If the X value argument of the series formula is a
name, I remove the argument from the new series formula, then add it
using
series.XValues. The code never gets to the error handler in this case.
Try
the new utility, it works. Or if it doesn't, let me know what you did to
break it again, so I can fix it again.

In the process of documenting this for a bug report, I discovered that
Excel
2007 is even more poorly behaved when it comes to charts that reference
names in their series formulas. If you manually assign a name to the X
value
argument, the series formula just disappears. Poof. And series.Formula
fails. If you use names for the Y values or name arguments of the series
formula, it seems behaved, but if you make a copy of the chart, you can't
read the series formula in the copy. I ran across this before, and I
believe
saving, closing, and reopening the workbook makes the series formula
viewable again.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
John,

I've looked at the updated utility and thank you for addressing the
error.
Just to clarify, I see you've made a change to error handler to show
that
the
formula cannot be changed, but until MS makes some sort of change to
excel,
there is no other way to programitically alter the series as it now
stands?

I thought from your earlier post that you figured out how to make it
work.

Thank you for assistance.

Kohai



"Jon Peltier" wrote:

I've posted the updated utility to my web site and filed a bug report.

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/ChgSrsFmla.html

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
My workaround seems successful. I had to steal some code from John
Walkenbach, mostly because I was too lazy to write a parser for the
chart
series formula. It's not well tested yet, so I haven't posted it.
maybe
tomorrow.

Essentially, the code now parses the formula, and if the XValues
consist
of a name, it temporarily removes the XValues from the formula, does
the
replacement, then reinserts the XValues back using

.XValues = "=" & /previous XValues string/

Fortunately .XValues is not plagued by the excess single quotes.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
Well, I did a little bit of checking, and what seems to fail the
code
is
when the X values are defined by a name instead of a range address
(Excel
doesn't mind a name in the Y values). Excel insists on putting the
single
quote around the name in MySrs.Formula. If you leave the single
quotes
in
or take them out, you still get an error when you try to set the
new
formula of the series. I even recorded a macro while I manually
changed
the formula, and those single quotes sneaked in:

Sub Macro1()

'

' Macro1 Macro

' Macro recorded 7/31/2007 by Jon Peltier

'

ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).Formula = _

"=SERIES('Sheet 1'!R3C3,Book1!'categories',Book1!Beta,1)"

End Sub


I noticed that the macro recorded the first argument in R1C1
notation,
but when I made that adjustment, the code still failed.

This here's a bug, folks. But don't be alarmed, I have an idea for
a
workaround.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
Sometimes, Excel doesn't give you the right formula. Did you copy
the
formula and paste it in here? If so, this is an example of the
problem.
There should not be a single quote after the name of the defined
ranges
(before the following commas). I have encountered this problem
when
the
sheet name in the reference is "different", but I haven't explored
it
enough to know what constitutes "different". Sometimes a space in
the
sheet name will make it fail, and I suspect the underscore may
also
be
implicated in it.

If you know anything about VBA, perhaps you could insert a line
that
replaces "'," (that's double quote - single quote - comma - double
quote, where the double quotes are enclosing the text to replace,
not
part of it) with ",".

Maybe I'll play with that a bit, because I get an email every
month
or
so from a user who experiences this problem.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I have been trying to use John Peltier's awesome chart series
change
procedure (Thanks a ton John!) but lately I am having problems
that
I
can't
seem to figure out why the chart series won't change.

I have line charts with 1 series per chart and they use defined
names
for
the date and data.

The macro reads the original formula as: (using debug.print)

=SERIES(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_Date','gsci_rl m.xls'!'raw_weekly_COL_E',1)

and I am trying to change the date to ...raw_weekly_3Date which
is a
valid
named range and works if I manually change the chart.

The new series after the substitution looks like :
=series(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_3Date','gsci_r lm.xls'!'raw_weekly_col_e',1)

I continually reciave the error "Unable to set Formula property
of
Series
Class"

I thought the problem might be associated with the single quotes
b/c
when
you look at the formula bar in Xcl, you don't see them. I'm
stumped
b/c the
code looks straightforward and the names are valid, so why won't
it
work?

Your assistance is greatly appreciated!

Kohai

Jon,

I can't thank you enough for all of your help. I'm really not a feeble
fool, but I keep downloading the ChgSrsFmla.zip file and when I look at the
..xla add-in code, I just am not seeing these additions that you are
discussing. I must be doing something wrong because I am not getting the
current version.

I hate to keep bothering you after all of your assistance, but I don't know
what I'm doing wrong that I can't find the new version.

Thank you,

Kohai

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

D'oh! There's a slight glitch when changing the active chart only. I've just
posted the fixed version.

FYI, this line

sFmlaTo = WorksheetFunction.Substitute(sFmlaFrom, sFrom, sTo)

changes every instance of the text sFrom in sFmlaFrom to sTo. Later in the
code, it checks whether the range in the X values is a cell address
(containing "$") or not. If not, it must be a name, and it reconstructs the
series formula without the X value argument:

sFmlaTo = "=series(" & vSeriesElements(1, 1) & ",," & vSeriesElements(1,
3) & "," & vSeriesElements(1, 4) & ")"

Notice there is no vSeriesElements(1,2), but only an empty place between
commas where the second element belongs. Temporarily the series formula will
have no X values specified. The next line provides for the X values:

s_ReplaceXValues = "=" & vSeriesElements(1, 2)
bReplaceXValues = True

The Boolean is a flag that the X values need to be inserted. Later, when the
formula is changed:

Srs.Formula = sFmlaTo
If bReplaceXValues Then
Srs.XValues = s_ReplaceXValues
End If

if the Boolean is true, the XValues are also inserted.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
Hi John,

I just downloaded the ChgSrsFrma.zip from your site. And I get the Msgbox
stating that the formula (old to new) cannot be changed.

I took a quick look at the code and all of the sections where the
substitution takes place (all charts, active charts, selected charts) use
the
following:

sFormula = WorksheetFunction.Substitution(Formula, From, To)

I'm not seeing any code where anything is removed and reinserted. Am I
using the incorrect add-in? Am I just missing something?

Thank you.

Kohai



"Jon Peltier" wrote:

I did figure it out. If the X value argument of the series formula is a
name, I remove the argument from the new series formula, then add it
using
series.XValues. The code never gets to the error handler in this case.
Try
the new utility, it works. Or if it doesn't, let me know what you did to
break it again, so I can fix it again.

In the process of documenting this for a bug report, I discovered that
Excel
2007 is even more poorly behaved when it comes to charts that reference
names in their series formulas. If you manually assign a name to the X
value
argument, the series formula just disappears. Poof. And series.Formula
fails. If you use names for the Y values or name arguments of the series
formula, it seems behaved, but if you make a copy of the chart, you can't
read the series formula in the copy. I ran across this before, and I
believe
saving, closing, and reopening the workbook makes the series formula
viewable again.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
John,

I've looked at the updated utility and thank you for addressing the
error.
Just to clarify, I see you've made a change to error handler to show
that
the
formula cannot be changed, but until MS makes some sort of change to
excel,
there is no other way to programitically alter the series as it now
stands?

I thought from your earlier post that you figured out how to make it
work.

Thank you for assistance.

Kohai



"Jon Peltier" wrote:

I've posted the updated utility to my web site and filed a bug report.

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/ChgSrsFmla.html

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
My workaround seems successful. I had to steal some code from John
Walkenbach, mostly because I was too lazy to write a parser for the
chart
series formula. It's not well tested yet, so I haven't posted it.
maybe
tomorrow.

Essentially, the code now parses the formula, and if the XValues
consist
of a name, it temporarily removes the XValues from the formula, does
the
replacement, then reinserts the XValues back using

.XValues = "=" & /previous XValues string/

Fortunately .XValues is not plagued by the excess single quotes.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
Well, I did a little bit of checking, and what seems to fail the
code
is
when the X values are defined by a name instead of a range address
(Excel
doesn't mind a name in the Y values). Excel insists on putting the
single
quote around the name in MySrs.Formula. If you leave the single
quotes
in
or take them out, you still get an error when you try to set the
new
formula of the series. I even recorded a macro while I manually
changed
the formula, and those single quotes sneaked in:

Sub Macro1()

'

' Macro1 Macro

' Macro recorded 7/31/2007 by Jon Peltier

'

ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).Formula = _

"=SERIES('Sheet 1'!R3C3,Book1!'categories',Book1!Beta,1)"

End Sub


I noticed that the macro recorded the first argument in R1C1
notation,
but when I made that adjustment, the code still failed.

This here's a bug, folks. But don't be alarmed, I have an idea for
a
workaround.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
Sometimes, Excel doesn't give you the right formula. Did you copy
the
formula and paste it in here? If so, this is an example of the
problem.
There should not be a single quote after the name of the defined
ranges
(before the following commas). I have encountered this problem
when
the
sheet name in the reference is "different", but I haven't explored
it
enough to know what constitutes "different". Sometimes a space in
the
sheet name will make it fail, and I suspect the underscore may
also
be
implicated in it.

If you know anything about VBA, perhaps you could insert a line
that
replaces "'," (that's double quote - single quote - comma - double
quote, where the double quotes are enclosing the text to replace,
not
part of it) with ",".

Maybe I'll play with that a bit, because I get an email every
month
or
so from a user who experiences this problem.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I have been trying to use John Peltier's awesome chart series
change
procedure (Thanks a ton John!) but lately I am having problems
that
I
can't
seem to figure out why the chart series won't change.

I have line charts with 1 series per chart and they use defined
names
for
the date and data.

The macro reads the original formula as: (using debug.print)

=SERIES(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_Date','gsci_rl m.xls'!'raw_weekly_COL_E',1)

and I am trying to change the date to ...raw_weekly_3Date which
is a
valid
named range and works if I manually change the chart.

The new series after the substitution looks like :
=series(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_3Date','gsci_r lm.xls'!'raw_weekly_col_e',1)

I continually reciave the error "Unable to set Formula property
of
Series
Class"

I thought the problem might be associated with the single quotes
b/c
when
you look at the formula bar in Xcl, you don't see them. I'm
stumped
b/c the
code looks straightforward and the names are valid, so why won't
it
work?

Your assistance is greatly appreciated!

Kohai

Doh!!

My bad. The file I uploaded was ChgSrsFmla.zip, but it didn't overwrite the
one linked to the article, ChgSrsFmla.ZIP.

Try again. The new version now has both extensions, just in case.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
Jon,

I can't thank you enough for all of your help. I'm really not a feeble
fool, but I keep downloading the ChgSrsFmla.zip file and when I look at
the
.xla add-in code, I just am not seeing these additions that you are
discussing. I must be doing something wrong because I am not getting the
current version.

I hate to keep bothering you after all of your assistance, but I don't
know
what I'm doing wrong that I can't find the new version.

Thank you,

Kohai

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

D'oh! There's a slight glitch when changing the active chart only. I've
just
posted the fixed version.

FYI, this line

sFmlaTo = WorksheetFunction.Substitute(sFmlaFrom, sFrom, sTo)

changes every instance of the text sFrom in sFmlaFrom to sTo. Later in
the
code, it checks whether the range in the X values is a cell address
(containing "$") or not. If not, it must be a name, and it reconstructs
the
series formula without the X value argument:

sFmlaTo = "=series(" & vSeriesElements(1, 1) & ",," &
vSeriesElements(1,
3) & "," & vSeriesElements(1, 4) & ")"

Notice there is no vSeriesElements(1,2), but only an empty place between
commas where the second element belongs. Temporarily the series formula
will
have no X values specified. The next line provides for the X values:

s_ReplaceXValues = "=" & vSeriesElements(1, 2)
bReplaceXValues = True

The Boolean is a flag that the X values need to be inserted. Later, when
the
formula is changed:

Srs.Formula = sFmlaTo
If bReplaceXValues Then
Srs.XValues = s_ReplaceXValues
End If

if the Boolean is true, the XValues are also inserted.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
Hi John,

I just downloaded the ChgSrsFrma.zip from your site. And I get the
Msgbox
stating that the formula (old to new) cannot be changed.

I took a quick look at the code and all of the sections where the
substitution takes place (all charts, active charts, selected charts)
use
the
following:

sFormula = WorksheetFunction.Substitution(Formula, From, To)

I'm not seeing any code where anything is removed and reinserted. Am I
using the incorrect add-in? Am I just missing something?

Thank you.

Kohai



"Jon Peltier" wrote:

I did figure it out. If the X value argument of the series formula is
a
name, I remove the argument from the new series formula, then add it
using
series.XValues. The code never gets to the error handler in this case.
Try
the new utility, it works. Or if it doesn't, let me know what you did
to
break it again, so I can fix it again.

In the process of documenting this for a bug report, I discovered that
Excel
2007 is even more poorly behaved when it comes to charts that
reference
names in their series formulas. If you manually assign a name to the X
value
argument, the series formula just disappears. Poof. And series.Formula
fails. If you use names for the Y values or name arguments of the
series
formula, it seems behaved, but if you make a copy of the chart, you
can't
read the series formula in the copy. I ran across this before, and I
believe
saving, closing, and reopening the workbook makes the series formula
viewable again.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
John,

I've looked at the updated utility and thank you for addressing the
error.
Just to clarify, I see you've made a change to error handler to show
that
the
formula cannot be changed, but until MS makes some sort of change to
excel,
there is no other way to programitically alter the series as it now
stands?

I thought from your earlier post that you figured out how to make it
work.

Thank you for assistance.

Kohai



"Jon Peltier" wrote:

I've posted the updated utility to my web site and filed a bug
report.

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/ChgSrsFmla.html

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
My workaround seems successful. I had to steal some code from
John
Walkenbach, mostly because I was too lazy to write a parser for
the
chart
series formula. It's not well tested yet, so I haven't posted it.
maybe
tomorrow.

Essentially, the code now parses the formula, and if the XValues
consist
of a name, it temporarily removes the XValues from the formula,
does
the
replacement, then reinserts the XValues back using

.XValues = "=" & /previous XValues string/

Fortunately .XValues is not plagued by the excess single quotes.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
Well, I did a little bit of checking, and what seems to fail the
code
is
when the X values are defined by a name instead of a range
address
(Excel
doesn't mind a name in the Y values). Excel insists on putting
the
single
quote around the name in MySrs.Formula. If you leave the single
quotes
in
or take them out, you still get an error when you try to set the
new
formula of the series. I even recorded a macro while I manually
changed
the formula, and those single quotes sneaked in:

Sub Macro1()

'

' Macro1 Macro

' Macro recorded 7/31/2007 by Jon Peltier

'

ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).Formula = _

"=SERIES('Sheet 1'!R3C3,Book1!'categories',Book1!Beta,1)"

End Sub


I noticed that the macro recorded the first argument in R1C1
notation,
but when I made that adjustment, the code still failed.

This here's a bug, folks. But don't be alarmed, I have an idea
for
a
workaround.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
Sometimes, Excel doesn't give you the right formula. Did you
copy
the
formula and paste it in here? If so, this is an example of the
problem.
There should not be a single quote after the name of the
defined
ranges
(before the following commas). I have encountered this problem
when
the
sheet name in the reference is "different", but I haven't
explored
it
enough to know what constitutes "different". Sometimes a space
in
the
sheet name will make it fail, and I suspect the underscore may
also
be
implicated in it.

If you know anything about VBA, perhaps you could insert a line
that
replaces "'," (that's double quote - single quote - comma -
double
quote, where the double quotes are enclosing the text to
replace,
not
part of it) with ",".

Maybe I'll play with that a bit, because I get an email every
month
or
so from a user who experiences this problem.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I have been trying to use John Peltier's awesome chart series
change
procedure (Thanks a ton John!) but lately I am having problems
that
I
can't
seem to figure out why the chart series won't change.

I have line charts with 1 series per chart and they use
defined
names
for
the date and data.

The macro reads the original formula as: (using debug.print)

=SERIES(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_Date','gsci_rl m.xls'!'raw_weekly_COL_E',1)

and I am trying to change the date to ...raw_weekly_3Date
which
is a
valid
named range and works if I manually change the chart.

The new series after the substitution looks like :
=series(,'gsci_rlm.xls'!'raw_weekly_3Date','gsci_r lm.xls'!'raw_weekly_col_e',1)

I continually reciave the error "Unable to set Formula
property
of
Series
Class"

I thought the problem might be associated with the single
quotes
b/c
when
you look at the formula bar in Xcl, you don't see them. I'm
stumped
b/c the
code looks straightforward and the names are valid, so why
won't
it
work?

Your assistance is greatly appreciated!

Kohai

Jon,

I got it. Thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!

Regards,

Kohai

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

Doh!!

My bad. The file I uploaded was ChgSrsFmla.zip, but it didn't overwrite the
one linked to the article, ChgSrsFmla.ZIP.

Try again. The new version now has both extensions, just in case.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
Jon,

I can't thank you enough for all of your help. I'm really not a feeble
fool, but I keep downloading the ChgSrsFmla.zip file and when I look at
the
.xla add-in code, I just am not seeing these additions that you are
discussing. I must be doing something wrong because I am not getting the
current version.

I hate to keep bothering you after all of your assistance, but I don't
know
what I'm doing wrong that I can't find the new version.

Thank you,

Kohai

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

D'oh! There's a slight glitch when changing the active chart only. I've
just
posted the fixed version.

FYI, this line

sFmlaTo = WorksheetFunction.Substitute(sFmlaFrom, sFrom, sTo)

changes every instance of the text sFrom in sFmlaFrom to sTo. Later in
the
code, it checks whether the range in the X values is a cell address
(containing "$") or not. If not, it must be a name, and it reconstructs
the
series formula without the X value argument:

sFmlaTo = "=series(" & vSeriesElements(1, 1) & ",," &
vSeriesElements(1,
3) & "," & vSeriesElements(1, 4) & ")"

Notice there is no vSeriesElements(1,2), but only an empty place between
commas where the second element belongs. Temporarily the series formula
will
have no X values specified. The next line provides for the X values:

s_ReplaceXValues = "=" & vSeriesElements(1, 2)
bReplaceXValues = True

The Boolean is a flag that the X values need to be inserted. Later, when
the
formula is changed:

Srs.Formula = sFmlaTo
If bReplaceXValues Then
Srs.XValues = s_ReplaceXValues
End If

if the Boolean is true, the XValues are also inserted.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
Hi John,

I just downloaded the ChgSrsFrma.zip from your site. And I get the
Msgbox
stating that the formula (old to new) cannot be changed.

I took a quick look at the code and all of the sections where the
substitution takes place (all charts, active charts, selected charts)
use
the
following:

sFormula = WorksheetFunction.Substitution(Formula, From, To)

I'm not seeing any code where anything is removed and reinserted. Am I
using the incorrect add-in? Am I just missing something?

Thank you.

Kohai



"Jon Peltier" wrote:

I did figure it out. If the X value argument of the series formula is
a
name, I remove the argument from the new series formula, then add it
using
series.XValues. The code never gets to the error handler in this case.
Try
the new utility, it works. Or if it doesn't, let me know what you did
to
break it again, so I can fix it again.

In the process of documenting this for a bug report, I discovered that
Excel
2007 is even more poorly behaved when it comes to charts that
reference
names in their series formulas. If you manually assign a name to the X
value
argument, the series formula just disappears. Poof. And series.Formula
fails. If you use names for the Y values or name arguments of the
series
formula, it seems behaved, but if you make a copy of the chart, you
can't
read the series formula in the copy. I ran across this before, and I
believe
saving, closing, and reopening the workbook makes the series formula
viewable again.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
John,

I've looked at the updated utility and thank you for addressing the
error.
Just to clarify, I see you've made a change to error handler to show
that
the
formula cannot be changed, but until MS makes some sort of change to
excel,
there is no other way to programitically alter the series as it now
stands?

I thought from your earlier post that you figured out how to make it
work.

Thank you for assistance.

Kohai



"Jon Peltier" wrote:

I've posted the updated utility to my web site and filed a bug
report.

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/ChgSrsFmla.html

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
My workaround seems successful. I had to steal some code from
John
Walkenbach, mostly because I was too lazy to write a parser for
the
chart
series formula. It's not well tested yet, so I haven't posted it.
maybe
tomorrow.

Essentially, the code now parses the formula, and if the XValues
consist
of a name, it temporarily removes the XValues from the formula,
does
the
replacement, then reinserts the XValues back using

.XValues = "=" & /previous XValues string/

Fortunately .XValues is not plagued by the excess single quotes.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
Well, I did a little bit of checking, and what seems to fail the
code
is
when the X values are defined by a name instead of a range
address
(Excel
doesn't mind a name in the Y values). Excel insists on putting
the
single
quote around the name in MySrs.Formula. If you leave the single
quotes
in
or take them out, you still get an error when you try to set the
new
formula of the series. I even recorded a macro while I manually
changed
the formula, and those single quotes sneaked in:

Sub Macro1()

'

' Macro1 Macro

' Macro recorded 7/31/2007 by Jon Peltier

'

ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).Formula = _

"=SERIES('Sheet 1'!R3C3,Book1!'categories',Book1!Beta,1)"

End Sub


I noticed that the macro recorded the first argument in R1C1
notation,
but when I made that adjustment, the code still failed.

This here's a bug, folks. But don't be alarmed, I have an idea
for
a
workaround.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
Sometimes, Excel doesn't give you the right formula. Did you
copy
the
formula and paste it in here? If so, this is an example of the
problem.
There should not be a single quote after the name of the
defined
ranges
(before the following commas). I have encountered this problem
when
the
sheet name in the reference is "different", but I haven't
explored
it
enough to know what constitutes "different". Sometimes a space
in
the
sheet name will make it fail, and I suspect the underscore may
also
be
implicated in it.

If you know anything about VBA, perhaps you could insert a line
that
replaces "'," (that's double quote - single quote - comma -
double
quote, where the double quotes are enclosing the text to
replace,
not
part of it) with ",".

Maybe I'll play with that a bit, because I get an email every
month

Be sure to tell me if you encounter any issues with this utility. Use my
direct email.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
Jon,

I got it. Thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!

Regards,

Kohai

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

Doh!!

My bad. The file I uploaded was ChgSrsFmla.zip, but it didn't overwrite
the
one linked to the article, ChgSrsFmla.ZIP.

Try again. The new version now has both extensions, just in case.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
Jon,

I can't thank you enough for all of your help. I'm really not a feeble
fool, but I keep downloading the ChgSrsFmla.zip file and when I look at
the
.xla add-in code, I just am not seeing these additions that you are
discussing. I must be doing something wrong because I am not getting
the
current version.

I hate to keep bothering you after all of your assistance, but I don't
know
what I'm doing wrong that I can't find the new version.

Thank you,

Kohai

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

D'oh! There's a slight glitch when changing the active chart only.
I've
just
posted the fixed version.

FYI, this line

sFmlaTo = WorksheetFunction.Substitute(sFmlaFrom, sFrom, sTo)

changes every instance of the text sFrom in sFmlaFrom to sTo. Later in
the
code, it checks whether the range in the X values is a cell address
(containing "$") or not. If not, it must be a name, and it
reconstructs
the
series formula without the X value argument:

sFmlaTo = "=series(" & vSeriesElements(1, 1) & ",," &
vSeriesElements(1,
3) & "," & vSeriesElements(1, 4) & ")"

Notice there is no vSeriesElements(1,2), but only an empty place
between
commas where the second element belongs. Temporarily the series
formula
will
have no X values specified. The next line provides for the X values:

s_ReplaceXValues = "=" & vSeriesElements(1, 2)
bReplaceXValues = True

The Boolean is a flag that the X values need to be inserted. Later,
when
the
formula is changed:

Srs.Formula = sFmlaTo
If bReplaceXValues Then
Srs.XValues = s_ReplaceXValues
End If

if the Boolean is true, the XValues are also inserted.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
Hi John,

I just downloaded the ChgSrsFrma.zip from your site. And I get the
Msgbox
stating that the formula (old to new) cannot be changed.

I took a quick look at the code and all of the sections where the
substitution takes place (all charts, active charts, selected
charts)
use
the
following:

sFormula = WorksheetFunction.Substitution(Formula, From, To)

I'm not seeing any code where anything is removed and reinserted.
Am I
using the incorrect add-in? Am I just missing something?

Thank you.

Kohai



"Jon Peltier" wrote:

I did figure it out. If the X value argument of the series formula
is
a
name, I remove the argument from the new series formula, then add
it
using
series.XValues. The code never gets to the error handler in this
case.
Try
the new utility, it works. Or if it doesn't, let me know what you
did
to
break it again, so I can fix it again.

In the process of documenting this for a bug report, I discovered
that
Excel
2007 is even more poorly behaved when it comes to charts that
reference
names in their series formulas. If you manually assign a name to
the X
value
argument, the series formula just disappears. Poof. And
series.Formula
fails. If you use names for the Y values or name arguments of the
series
formula, it seems behaved, but if you make a copy of the chart, you
can't
read the series formula in the copy. I ran across this before, and
I
believe
saving, closing, and reopening the workbook makes the series
formula
viewable again.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"kohai" wrote in message
...
John,

I've looked at the updated utility and thank you for addressing
the
error.
Just to clarify, I see you've made a change to error handler to
show
that
the
formula cannot be changed, but until MS makes some sort of change
to
excel,
there is no other way to programitically alter the series as it
now
stands?

I thought from your earlier post that you figured out how to make
it
work.

Thank you for assistance.

Kohai



"Jon Peltier" wrote:

I've posted the updated utility to my web site and filed a bug
report.

http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/ChgSrsFmla.html

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
My workaround seems successful. I had to steal some code from
John
Walkenbach, mostly because I was too lazy to write a parser
for
the
chart
series formula. It's not well tested yet, so I haven't posted
it.
maybe
tomorrow.

Essentially, the code now parses the formula, and if the
XValues
consist
of a name, it temporarily removes the XValues from the
formula,
does
the
replacement, then reinserts the XValues back using

.XValues = "=" & /previous XValues string/

Fortunately .XValues is not plagued by the excess single
quotes.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in
message
...
Well, I did a little bit of checking, and what seems to fail
the
code
is
when the X values are defined by a name instead of a range
address
(Excel
doesn't mind a name in the Y values). Excel insists on
putting
the
single
quote around the name in MySrs.Formula. If you leave the
single
quotes
in
or take them out, you still get an error when you try to set
the
new
formula of the series. I even recorded a macro while I
manually
changed
the formula, and those single quotes sneaked in:

Sub Macro1()

'

' Macro1 Macro

' Macro recorded 7/31/2007 by Jon Peltier

'

ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).Formula = _

"=SERIES('Sheet
1'!R3C3,Book1!'categories',Book1!Beta,1)"

End Sub


I noticed that the macro recorded the first argument in R1C1
notation,
but when I made that adjustment, the code still failed.

This here's a bug, folks. But don't be alarmed, I have an
idea
for
a
workaround.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"Jon Peltier" wrote in
message
...
Sometimes, Excel doesn't give you the right formula. Did you
copy
the
formula and paste it in here? If so, this is an example of
the
problem.
There should not be a single quote after the name of the
defined
ranges
(before the following commas). I have encountered this
problem
when
the
sheet name in the reference is "different", but I haven't
explored
it
enough to know what constitutes "different". Sometimes a
space
in
the
sheet name will make it fail, and I suspect the underscore
may
also
be
implicated in it.

If you know anything about VBA, perhaps you could insert a
line
that
replaces "'," (that's double quote - single quote - comma -
double
quote, where the double quotes are enclosing the text to
replace,
not
part of it) with ",".

Maybe I'll play with that a bit, because I get an email
every
month