Microsoft KB Archive/210021

= HOW TO: Use Automation to Change a Graph Chart Type in Access 2000 =

Article ID: 210021

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

-

APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition

-



This article was previously published under Q210021



Advanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.

This article applies only to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb).

IN THIS TASK
SUMMARY
 * Example: Changing a Chart Type
 * Example: Determining Chart Type of Graph

REFERENCES



SUMMARY
This article shows two methods that you can use to work with Microsoft Graph objects. One method demonstrates how to use Automation to change the chart type of a Microsoft Graph object. The second method shows how to determine the graph type.

You can use Automation to change the chart type of a Microsoft Graph object. However, changing a graph from one type to another automatically resets properties of the graph that do not apply to the new graph type. For example, trendlines apply to a Two Dimensional Column graph but not to a Pie chart. Therefore, changing the type from a Column to a Pie drops the trendlines.

back to the top

Example: Changing a Chart Type
The following example shows you how to produce a chart in the Northwind.mdb database and change a graph's chart type to 3-Dimensional Pie:  Start Microsoft Access and open the sample database Northwind.mdb. Create a new form not based on any table or query in Design view. On the Insert menu, click Chart. Click and drag a chart onto the form. In the first dialog box of the chart wizard, on the View menu, click Queries, select Employee Sales By Country, and then click Next. In the next dialog box, add the Country and SaleAmount fields to the Fields For Chart box, and then click Finish.

Your graph appears in the form. On the View menu, click Properties. Select the graph so that you are viewing the Graph object's properties. Set the Name property to MyGraph . Add a command button to the form with the following properties:

Command button:

-

Name: MyButton

Caption: Pie Chart

OnClick: [Event Procedure]

</li> On the View menu, click Code to view the form's module.</li> On the Tools menu, click References, select Microsoft Graph 9.0 Object Library, and then click OK.</li>  Type the following procedure into the module: Sub MyButton_Click Dim GraphObj As Object

Set GraphObj = Me![MyGraph].Object.Application.Chart GraphObj.Type = xL3DPie End Sub NOTE: To view other chart types in Visual Basic for Applications, click Object Browser on the View menu and search the Microsoft Graph object library for "Constants."

</li> Switch the form to Form view. When prompted for a beginning and ending date, type 1/1/97 and 1/1/98. Click the command button.

Note that the chart changes to a three-dimensional pie shape.</li></ol>

back to the top

Example: Determining Chart Type of Graph
The following example determines if the chart type of the graph in the earlier example is a 2-Dimensional Bar type: <ol> Open any module in Design view. On the Tools menu, click References, select Microsoft Graph 9.0 Object Library, and then click OK.</li>  Using the form created in the first example, change the code of the command button to the following: Dim GraphObj As Object Set GraphObj = Me![MyGraph].Object.Application.Chart If GraphObj.Type = xLBar Then 'xLBar equals 2 Msgbox "The graph is a 2-D Bar chart" Else Msgbox "The graph is NOT a 2-D Bar chart" End If                   </li> Switch the form to Form view. When prompted for a beginning and ending date, type 1/1/97 and 1/1/98. Click the command button.

Note the message box that states the graph is not a 2-Dimensional Bar chart.</li></ol>

back to the top

<div class="references_section">