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Using VBA, I'm making a graph title dynamic. I am having trouble with
the length of the characters. Within the code for the Chart Title, is there a maximum number of characters that you can have in a title cart? Also, how do I start a new line and continue the title? What I have so far is putting the Customer Name, Address, City, State Zip all on one line. What I would like is for example, Customer Name Address City, State Zip Thanks in advance, Matt |
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Matt
This should help you get started. Select an embedded Chart to which you want to add a title, and run this code. It will put the contents of A1 on the first line, A2 on the second line and A3 on the third line. Sub Macro3() t = Range("a1").Value & Chr(10) & Range("a2").Value & Chr(10) & Range("a3").Value With ActiveChart .HasTitle = True .ChartTitle.Characters.Text = t End With End Sub I get an error when the total length of the three cells is over 253. I suppose it counts the chr(10)'s as characters, but, I thought you could go up to 256 total. Good luck. Ken Norfolk, Va On Jan 30, 4:13 pm, "Matt" wrote: Using VBA, I'm making a graph title dynamic. I am having trouble with the length of the characters. Within the code for the Chart Title, is there a maximum number of characters that you can have in a title cart? Also, how do I start a new line and continue the title? What I have so far is putting the Customer Name, Address, City, State Zip all on one line. What I would like is for example, Customer Name Address City, State Zip Thanks in advance, Matt |
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An alternative is to put a formula into another cell that builds this string
in the cell =A1&CHAR(10)&A2&CHAR(10)&A3 Then use this line to link the chart title to the cell with this formula (in this example it's cell E3, and it must be in R1C1 notation): activechart.ChartTitle.Text = "=Sheet1!R3C5" If you don't want it linked, follow with this: activechart.ChartTitle.Text = activechart.ChartTitle.Text You can't directly use activechart.ChartTitle.Text = t if t is longer than some limited string length, but the two step process above works just fine. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Ken" wrote in message oups.com... Matt This should help you get started. Select an embedded Chart to which you want to add a title, and run this code. It will put the contents of A1 on the first line, A2 on the second line and A3 on the third line. Sub Macro3() t = Range("a1").Value & Chr(10) & Range("a2").Value & Chr(10) & Range("a3").Value With ActiveChart .HasTitle = True .ChartTitle.Characters.Text = t End With End Sub I get an error when the total length of the three cells is over 253. I suppose it counts the chr(10)'s as characters, but, I thought you could go up to 256 total. Good luck. Ken Norfolk, Va On Jan 30, 4:13 pm, "Matt" wrote: Using VBA, I'm making a graph title dynamic. I am having trouble with the length of the characters. Within the code for the Chart Title, is there a maximum number of characters that you can have in a title cart? Also, how do I start a new line and continue the title? What I have so far is putting the Customer Name, Address, City, State Zip all on one line. What I would like is for example, Customer Name Address City, State Zip Thanks in advance, Matt |
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I get an error when the total length of the three cells is over 253.
I suppose it counts the chr(10)'s as characters, but, I thought you could go up to 256 total. I've always found the limit of characters in a chart title is limited to 255, no way to increase with any method or combination of methods manually or with vba AFAIK. Only alternative would be a textbox. I suppose unlikely name + address would be more than 255. Regards, Peter T "Ken" wrote in message oups.com... Matt This should help you get started. Select an embedded Chart to which you want to add a title, and run this code. It will put the contents of A1 on the first line, A2 on the second line and A3 on the third line. Sub Macro3() t = Range("a1").Value & Chr(10) & Range("a2").Value & Chr(10) & Range("a3").Value With ActiveChart .HasTitle = True .ChartTitle.Characters.Text = t End With End Sub I get an error when the total length of the three cells is over 253. I suppose it counts the chr(10)'s as characters, but, I thought you could go up to 256 total. Good luck. Ken Norfolk, Va On Jan 30, 4:13 pm, "Matt" wrote: Using VBA, I'm making a graph title dynamic. I am having trouble with the length of the characters. Within the code for the Chart Title, is there a maximum number of characters that you can have in a title cart? Also, how do I start a new line and continue the title? What I have so far is putting the Customer Name, Address, City, State Zip all on one line. What I would like is for example, Customer Name Address City, State Zip Thanks in advance, Matt |
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I tested my technique with an arbitrary string that was around 350
characters long. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Peter T" <peter_t@discussions wrote in message ... I get an error when the total length of the three cells is over 253. I suppose it counts the chr(10)'s as characters, but, I thought you could go up to 256 total. I've always found the limit of characters in a chart title is limited to 255, no way to increase with any method or combination of methods manually or with vba AFAIK. Only alternative would be a textbox. I suppose unlikely name + address would be more than 255. Regards, Peter T "Ken" wrote in message oups.com... Matt This should help you get started. Select an embedded Chart to which you want to add a title, and run this code. It will put the contents of A1 on the first line, A2 on the second line and A3 on the third line. Sub Macro3() t = Range("a1").Value & Chr(10) & Range("a2").Value & Chr(10) & Range("a3").Value With ActiveChart .HasTitle = True .ChartTitle.Characters.Text = t End With End Sub I get an error when the total length of the three cells is over 253. I suppose it counts the chr(10)'s as characters, but, I thought you could go up to 256 total. Good luck. Ken Norfolk, Va On Jan 30, 4:13 pm, "Matt" wrote: Using VBA, I'm making a graph title dynamic. I am having trouble with the length of the characters. Within the code for the Chart Title, is there a maximum number of characters that you can have in a title cart? Also, how do I start a new line and continue the title? What I have so far is putting the Customer Name, Address, City, State Zip all on one line. What I would like is for example, Customer Name Address City, State Zip Thanks in advance, Matt |
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I didn't see your earlier post when I posted mine.
I tried to replicate your technique exactly but I'm afraid it didn't work for me. In case I've missed something this is what I did - Sub Test() Range("A1").Formula = "=REPT(""A"",100)" Range("A2").Formula = "=REPT(""B"",100)" Range("A3").Formula = "=REPT(""C"",100)" Range("E3").Formula = "=A1&CHAR(10)&A2&CHAR(10)&A3" With ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(1).Chart .HasTitle = True .ChartTitle.Text = "=Sheet1!R3C5" .ChartTitle.Text = .ChartTitle.Text ' this won't increase length Debug.Print Len(Range("E3")), Len(.ChartTitle.Text) ' 302 & 255 End With End Sub Stuck on 255, can't even manually paste more than that into a title. Regards, Peter T "Jon Peltier" wrote in message ... I tested my technique with an arbitrary string that was around 350 characters long. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Peter T" <peter_t@discussions wrote in message ... I get an error when the total length of the three cells is over 253. I suppose it counts the chr(10)'s as characters, but, I thought you could go up to 256 total. I've always found the limit of characters in a chart title is limited to 255, no way to increase with any method or combination of methods manually or with vba AFAIK. Only alternative would be a textbox. I suppose unlikely name + address would be more than 255. Regards, Peter T "Ken" wrote in message oups.com... Matt This should help you get started. Select an embedded Chart to which you want to add a title, and run this code. It will put the contents of A1 on the first line, A2 on the second line and A3 on the third line. Sub Macro3() t = Range("a1").Value & Chr(10) & Range("a2").Value & Chr(10) & Range("a3").Value With ActiveChart .HasTitle = True .ChartTitle.Characters.Text = t End With End Sub I get an error when the total length of the three cells is over 253. I suppose it counts the chr(10)'s as characters, but, I thought you could go up to 256 total. Good luck. Ken Norfolk, Va On Jan 30, 4:13 pm, "Matt" wrote: Using VBA, I'm making a graph title dynamic. I am having trouble with the length of the characters. Within the code for the Chart Title, is there a maximum number of characters that you can have in a title cart? Also, how do I start a new line and continue the title? What I have so far is putting the Customer Name, Address, City, State Zip all on one line. What I would like is for example, Customer Name Address City, State Zip Thanks in advance, Matt |
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I stand corrected. When I did my test, I was using gibberish text, like
"adsaf;atowaagnl;agio" and must have only thought the entire blob was inserted into the chart title. I agree with your earlier observation, of course, that most self-respecting titles will not be anywhere near this length. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Peter T" <peter_t@discussions wrote in message ... I didn't see your earlier post when I posted mine. I tried to replicate your technique exactly but I'm afraid it didn't work for me. In case I've missed something this is what I did - Sub Test() Range("A1").Formula = "=REPT(""A"",100)" Range("A2").Formula = "=REPT(""B"",100)" Range("A3").Formula = "=REPT(""C"",100)" Range("E3").Formula = "=A1&CHAR(10)&A2&CHAR(10)&A3" With ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(1).Chart .HasTitle = True .ChartTitle.Text = "=Sheet1!R3C5" .ChartTitle.Text = .ChartTitle.Text ' this won't increase length Debug.Print Len(Range("E3")), Len(.ChartTitle.Text) ' 302 & 255 End With End Sub Stuck on 255, can't even manually paste more than that into a title. Regards, Peter T "Jon Peltier" wrote in message ... I tested my technique with an arbitrary string that was around 350 characters long. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Peter T" <peter_t@discussions wrote in message ... I get an error when the total length of the three cells is over 253. I suppose it counts the chr(10)'s as characters, but, I thought you could go up to 256 total. I've always found the limit of characters in a chart title is limited to 255, no way to increase with any method or combination of methods manually or with vba AFAIK. Only alternative would be a textbox. I suppose unlikely name + address would be more than 255. Regards, Peter T "Ken" wrote in message oups.com... Matt This should help you get started. Select an embedded Chart to which you want to add a title, and run this code. It will put the contents of A1 on the first line, A2 on the second line and A3 on the third line. Sub Macro3() t = Range("a1").Value & Chr(10) & Range("a2").Value & Chr(10) & Range("a3").Value With ActiveChart .HasTitle = True .ChartTitle.Characters.Text = t End With End Sub I get an error when the total length of the three cells is over 253. I suppose it counts the chr(10)'s as characters, but, I thought you could go up to 256 total. Good luck. Ken Norfolk, Va On Jan 30, 4:13 pm, "Matt" wrote: Using VBA, I'm making a graph title dynamic. I am having trouble with the length of the characters. Within the code for the Chart Title, is there a maximum number of characters that you can have in a title cart? Also, how do I start a new line and continue the title? What I have so far is putting the Customer Name, Address, City, State Zip all on one line. What I would like is for example, Customer Name Address City, State Zip Thanks in advance, Matt |
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