ChartSheet.Chart Property

Provides access to the chart on the current chart sheet.

Namespace: DevExpress.Spreadsheet

Assembly: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.v23.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Spreadsheet.Core

Declaration

C#

ChartObject Chart { get; }

VB.NET

ReadOnly Property Chart As ChartObject

Property Value

Type	Description
ChartObject	A ChartObject object specifying a chart on the chart sheet.

Remarks

Use the Chart property to get access to the chart located on the current chart sheet and specify its settings: select chart data (ChartObject.SelectData, ChartObject.Series), change the chart type (ChartObject.ChangeType), modify the chart layout (ChartObject.PlotArea, ChartObject.PrimaryAxes, ChartObject.SecondaryAxes, ChartObject.Legend, ChartObject.Title) and adjust the chart appearance (ChartObject.Style, ChartObject.Views, ChartObject.View3D).

Example

View Example

ChartSheetActions.cs

Worksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets["chartTask2"];

// Create an empty chart sheet of the specified type.
ChartSheet chartSheet = workbook.ChartSheets.Add(ChartType.BarFullStacked);

// Access a chart on the chart sheet.
ChartObject chart = chartSheet.Chart;
// Select chart data.
chart.SelectData(worksheet["B3:C8"], ChartDataDirection.Row);

// Display the chart title.
chart.Title.Visible = true;
chart.Title.SetReference(worksheet["B1"]);

// Change the legend position.
chart.Legend.Position = LegendPosition.Bottom;

// Hide the category axis.
chart.PrimaryAxes[0].Visible = false;

// Set the value axis' major unit.
chart.PrimaryAxes[1].MajorUnit = 0.2;

workbook.ChartSheets.ActiveChartSheet = chartSheet;

ChartSheetActions.vb

Dim worksheet As Worksheet = workbook.Worksheets("chartTask2")

' Create an empty chart sheet of the specified type.
Dim chartSheet As ChartSheet = workbook.ChartSheets.Add(ChartType.BarFullStacked)

' Access a chart on the chart sheet.
Dim chart As ChartObject = chartSheet.Chart
' Select chart data.
chart.SelectData(worksheet("B3:C8"), ChartDataDirection.Row)

' Display the chart title.
chart.Title.Visible = True
chart.Title.SetReference(worksheet("B1"))

' Change the legend position.
chart.Legend.Position = LegendPosition.Bottom

' Hide the category axis.
chart.PrimaryAxes(0).Visible = False

' Set the value axis' major unit.
chart.PrimaryAxes(1).MajorUnit = 0.2

workbook.ChartSheets.ActiveChartSheet = chartSheet

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the Chart property.

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C#

wpf-spreadsheet-chart-api/CS/SpreadsheetWPFChartAPISamples/CodeExamples/ChartSheetActions.cs#L47

// Access a chart on the chart sheet.
ChartObject chart = chartSheet.Chart;
// Select chart data.

winforms-spreadsheet-chart-api/CS/SpreadsheetChartAPISamples/CodeExamples/ChartSheetActions.cs#L47

// Access a chart on the chart sheet.
ChartObject chart = chartSheet.Chart;
// Select chart data.

VB.NET

wpf-spreadsheet-chart-api/VB/SpreadsheetWPFChartAPISamples/CodeExamples/ChartSheetActions.vb#L46

' Access a chart on the chart sheet.
Dim chart As ChartObject = chartSheet.Chart
' Select chart data.

winforms-spreadsheet-chart-api/VB/SpreadsheetChartAPISamples/CodeExamples/ChartSheetActions.vb#L45

' Access a chart on the chart sheet.
Dim chart As ChartObject = chartSheet.Chart
' Select chart data.