Chart.Shapes Property

Gets a Shapes object that represents all the shapes on the Chart control.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property Shapes As Shapes

Shapes Shapes { get; }

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Shapes
A Shapes object that represents all the shapes on the worksheet or chart sheet.

Examples

The following code example creates a Chart and then uses the Shapes property to draw a doughnut shape on the chart.

Private Sub AddDonutShape()
    Me.Range("A1", "A5").Value2 = 22
    Me.Range("B1", "B5").Value2 = 55

    Dim Chart1 As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Chart = _
        Me.Controls.AddChart(Me.Range("D2", "H12"), "Chart1")

    Chart1.SetSourceData(Me.Range("A1", "B5"), Excel.XlRowCol.xlColumns)
    Chart1.ChartType = Excel.XlChartType.xlSurface

    Chart1.Shapes.AddShape(Office.MsoAutoShapeType.msoShapeDonut, _
        50, 50, 50, 50)
End Sub

private void AddDonutShape()
{
    this.Range["A1", "A5"].Value2 = 22;
    this.Range["B1", "B5"].Value2 = 55;

    Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Chart chart1 =
        this.Controls.AddChart(this.Range["D2", "H12"], 
        "chart1");

    chart1.SetSourceData(this.Range["A1", "B5"], 
        Excel.XlRowCol.xlColumns);
    chart1.ChartType = Excel.XlChartType.xlSurface;

    chart1.Shapes.AddShape(
        Office.MsoAutoShapeType.msoShapeDonut, 50, 50, 
        50, 50);
}

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

Chart Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace