Microsoft KB Archive/163103

= XL97: How to Create a GIF File from a Microsoft Excel Chart =

Article ID: 163103

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q163103





SUMMARY
To programmatically create a graphics file from a Microsoft Excel chart, use the Export method. This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro that creates a .gif file from a chart in a Microsoft Excel workbook.

NOTE: If you click Save As HTML on the File menu and use the Internet Assistant Wizard to create an .htm document, it creates a .gif file for each of the charts in the workbook. No other graphic objects can be saved as .gif files from Microsoft Excel.



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The following sections explain how to create an embedded chart and the macro code that generates a .gif file from the chart.

Creating the Chart
 Save and close any open workbooks, and then create a new workbook. Type the following data in Sheet1:

 Select the range A1:B3 and click Chart on the Insert menu. In the "Chart Wizard - Step 1 of 4 - Chart Type" dialog box, click Finish.

This creates an embedded chart in Sheet1.

Sample Macro for Creating a .gif File
 Start the Visual Basic Editor (press ALT+F11).</li> On the Insert menu, click Module.</li>  Type the following code in the Visual Basic module: Sub Create_GIF Dim mychart As Chart Set mychart = ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(1).Chart mychart.Export FileName:="c:\Mychart.gif", FilterName:="GIF" End Sub </li> Press ALT+F11 to switch to Microsoft Excel.</li> On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Macros.</li> Click the Create_GIF macro, and then click Run.

The file Mychart.gif is created in the root directory of drive C.</li></ol>

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