Colouring error bars in a chart
 

Hi, I have draw a chart which has three series on it. I want to colour the
error based on the series they belong to. When I record the process I get:

ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 278").Activate
ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).ErrorBars.Select
With Selection.Border
.LineStyle = xlContinuous
.ColorIndex = 3
.Weight = xlThin
End With
Selection.EndStyle = xlNoCap

So I have tried to work this into something which might work:

With chtChart
.SeriesCollection(1).ErrorBars.Select
With Selection.Border
.LineStyle = xlContinuous
.ColorIndex = 3
.Weight = xlThin
End With
End With

But this is giving me an error. Can anyone see what is wrong?

Colouring error bars in a chart
 

Graham,

This should work: you need to work with the chartobject's chart, a step that isn't recorded by the
macro recorder.

With chtChart.Chart
With .SeriesCollection(1).ErrorBars
With .Border
.LineStyle = xlContinuous
.ColorIndex = 3
.Weight = xlThin
End With
End With
End With

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


"Graham Whitehead" wrote in message
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Hi, I have draw a chart which has three series on it. I want to colour the error based on the
series they belong to. When I record the process I get:

ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 278").Activate
ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).ErrorBars.Select
With Selection.Border
.LineStyle = xlContinuous
.ColorIndex = 3
.Weight = xlThin
End With
Selection.EndStyle = xlNoCap

So I have tried to work this into something which might work:

With chtChart
.SeriesCollection(1).ErrorBars.Select
With Selection.Border
.LineStyle = xlContinuous
.ColorIndex = 3
.Weight = xlThin
End With
End With

But this is giving me an error. Can anyone see what is wrong?