Returns or sets the style of how the chart appears graphically in the object.
Object.Style [ = enStyle ]
The Style property syntax has the following parts:
Name |
Type |
Description |
Object |
AChart |
AChart control |
enStyle |
enumAChartStyle |
An integer specifying how the chart appears graphically in the object. |
enumAChartStyle can be one of the following:
Name |
Value |
Description |
achtStyleLine |
0 * |
Line Chart. The chart is displayed as a series of connected points. |
achtStyleArea |
1 |
Area Chart. The chart is displayed as an area under the connected points. |
achtStyleVerBar |
2 |
Vertical Bar Chart. The chart is displayed as a series of vertical bars. |
achtStyleHozBar |
3 |
Horizontal Bar Chart. The chart is displayed as a series of horizontal bars. |
achtStyleVerStackedBar |
4 |
Stacked Vertical Bar Chart. The chart is displayed as a single vertical bar. |
achtStyleHozStackedBar |
5 |
Stacked Horizontal Bar Chart. The chart is displayed as a single horizontal bar. |
achtStyleHiLoArea |
6 |
Hi-Lo Area Chart. The chart is displayed with two areas: above (Hi) and below (Lo) the connected points. |
achtStyleHiLoVerBar |
7 |
Hi-Lo Vertical Bar. The chart is displayed as a series of vertical bars. |
achtStyleHiLoHozBar |
8 |
Hi-Lo Horizontal Bar. The chart is displayed as a series of horizontal bars. |
achtStyle3DVerBar |
9 |
3D Vertical Bar Chart. The chart is displayed as a series of 3D vertical bars. |
achtStyle3DHozBar |
10 |
3D Horizontal Bar Chart. The chart is displayed as a series of 3D horizontal bars. |
achtStyle3DverStackedBar |
11 |
3D Stacked Vertical Bar Chart. The chart is displayed as a single 3D vertical bar. |
achtStyle3DHozStackedBar |
12 |
3D Stacked Horizontal Bar Chart. The chart is displayed as a single 3D horizontal bar. |
achtStyle3DHiLoVerBar |
13 |
3D Hi-Lo Vertical Bar. The chart is displayed as a series of 3D vertical bars. |
achtStyle3DHiLoHozBar |
14 |
3D Hi-Lo Horizontal Bar. The chart is displayed as a series of 3D horizontal bars. |
achtStyleLogic |
15 |
Logic Chart. The chart displayed as two digital levels "0" and "1"as a series of XY steps. |
achtStyleScroll |
16 |
Scroll Chart. The chart is displayed as a series of connected points. When a trace reaches the edge of the plot area, the display starts to scroll. Old data is scrolled off the display as new data is added. |
achtStyleSweep |
17 |
Sweep Chart. The chart is displayed as a series of connected points. When the X values for new data reach the end of the display, the X axis updates according to its current range. For example, if the X-axis range is 0 to 100, it becomes 100 to 200. No old data is displayed. |
achtStyleShmoo |
18 |
Shmoo Chart. The chart is displayed as a grid. Each box in the grid represents a test status and is colored as follows Pass=Green, Fail=Red, None=Gray. This chart is typically used in the semiconductor tests where a component is tested for various parameters (for example VCC/Frequency), These parameters are the X and Y of the chart. |
Changing the chart style will reset the chart settings and remove the plots and other chart customization to default.
For information on how to plot the data, see the AChart SetData method.
The following statement changes the AChart's Style to have the chart displayed as a series of vertical bars.
cht1.Style=achtStyleHiLoVerBar
CaptionBorderStyle, CaptionFillStyle, FrameBorderStyle, FrameFillStyle, PlotAreaBorderStyle, PlotAreaFillStyle