Chart.BarShape Property

Gets or sets the shape used with the 3-D bar or column chart.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Property BarShape As XlBarShape
    Get
    Set

XlBarShape BarShape { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlBarShape
One of the XlBarShape values.

Examples

The following code example creates a 3-D Chart and then prompts the user to change the bar shape to pyramids by using the BarShape property.

Private Sub SetBarShape()
    Me.Range("A1", "A5").Value2 = 22
    Me.Range("B1", "B5").Value2 = 55

    Dim Chart1 As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Chart = _
        Me.Controls.AddChart(Me.Range("D2", "H12"), "Chart1")

    Chart1.SetSourceData(Me.Range("A1", "B5"), Excel.XlRowCol.xlColumns)
    Chart1.ChartType = Excel.XlChartType.xl3DColumn

    If DialogResult.Yes = MessageBox.Show("Set the bar shape to pyramids?", _
        "Example", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) Then
        Chart1.BarShape = Excel.XlBarShape.xlPyramidToMax
    End If
End Sub

private void SetBarShape()
{
    this.Range["A1", "A5"].Value2 = 22;
    this.Range["B1", "B5"].Value2 = 55;

    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Chart chart1 =
        this.Controls.AddChart(this.Range["D2", "H12"], 
        "chart1");

    chart1.SetSourceData(this.Range["A1", "B5"], 
        Excel.XlRowCol.xlColumns);
    chart1.ChartType = Excel.XlChartType.xl3DColumn;

    if (DialogResult.Yes ==
        MessageBox.Show("Set the bar shape to pyramids?",
        "Example", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo))
    {
        chart1.BarShape = Excel.XlBarShape.xlPyramidToMax;
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

Chart Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace