Microsoft KB Archive/213352

= XL2000: How to Programmatically Create a Chart Without Selecting a Range of Cells =

Article ID: 213352

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q213352





SUMMARY
When you record a macro to create a chart (on the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Record New Macro), the range of cells used to create the chart is fixed by Microsoft Excel. This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro that you can use to create a chart without the need to use a fixed range of cells.



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To create a sample Visual Basic macro to make a chart from any range of cells, follow these steps:   Start Excel, and then type the following data into a new worksheet:   C3:         D3:  Region 1   E3:  Region 2   F3:  Region 3 C4: Jan    D4:  10         E4:  80         F4:  15 C5: Feb    D5:  20         E5:  70         F5:  25 C6: Mar    D6:  30         E6:  60         F6:  35 C7: Apr    D7:  40         E7:  50         F7:  45  Press ALT+F11 to start the Visual Basic Editor. On the Insert menu, click Module.  In the module sheet, type or paste the following code: Sub CreateChart ' Select the cell in the upper-left corner of the chart. Range("C3").Select ' Select the current range of data. This line of code assumes that ' the current region of cells is contiguous - without empty rows ' or columns. Selection.CurrentRegion.Select ' Assign the address of the selected range of cells to a variable. myrange = Selection.Address ' Assign the name of the active sheet to a variable. This line is  ' used in order to allow a chart to be created on a separate chart ' sheet. mysheetname = ActiveSheet.Name ' Add a chart to the active sheet. ActiveSheet.ChartObjects.Add(125.25, 60, 301.5, 155.25).Select ' To create a chart on a separate chart sheet, remark out the ' previous line, and substitute the next line for the one above. ' Charts.Add Application.CutCopyMode = False ' This line can best be written by recording a macro, and ' modifying the code generated by the Microsoft Excel Macro ' recorder. ActiveChart.ChartWizard _ Source:=Sheets(mysheetname).Range(myrange), _ Gallery:=xlLine, Format:=4, PlotBy:=xlRows, _ CategoryLabels:=1, SeriesLabels:=1, HasLegend:=1, _ Title:="", CategoryTitle:="", _ ValueTitle:="", ExtraTitle:="" End Sub  Press ALT+F11 to return to Excel. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Macros.</li> In the Macro name box, click CreateChart, and then click Run.NOTE: To change the range of cells that the macro uses to create a chart, change the cell reference in line three of the code (the line presently reads as follows:

Range("C3").Select

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