by Bhuwan Chand Joshi (69 Submissions)
Category: Graphics
Compatability: VB 6.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Sat 21st July 2001
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
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Creating a Microsoft Chart Control Demo
VBcoders
'Place Micrsoft Chart Control on the form
'Place Timer Control on the form
'Place Combobox Control on the form
'Make a reference to Microsoft Excel 8.0 Object Library
Private Sub Combo1_Click()
On Error GoTo Err_Handler
MSChart1.Visible = False
ProgressBar1.Visible = True
Timer1.Enabled = True
If Combo1.Text = "2dArea" Then
MSChart1.ChartType = VtChChartType2dArea
ElseIf Combo1.Text = "2dLine" Then
MSChart1.ChartType = VtChChartType2dLine
ElseIf Combo1.Text = "2dPie" Then
MSChart1.ChartType = VtChChartType2dPie
ElseIf Combo1.Text = "2dXY" Then
MSChart1.ChartType = VtChChartType2dXY
ElseIf Combo1.Text = "2dBar" Then
MSChart1.ChartType = VtChChartType2dBar
ElseIf Combo1.Text = "2dStep" Then
MSChart1.ChartType = VtChChartType2dStep
ElseIf Combo1.Text = "3dBar" Then
MSChart1.ChartType = VtChChartType3dBar
ElseIf Combo1.Text = "3dArea" Then
MSChart1.ChartType = VtChChartType3dArea
ElseIf Combo1.Text = "3dLine" Then
MSChart1.ChartType = VtChChartType3dLine
ElseIf Combo1.Text = "3dCombination" Then
MSChart1.ChartType = VtChChartType3dCombination
End If
Dim xlApp As Excel.Application
Set xlApp = New Excel.Application
Dim xlWkb As Excel.Workbook
Set xlWkb = xlApp.Workbooks.Open("E:\MSChart\MSChart.xls") ' Data Source
Dim xlSht As Excel.Worksheet
Set xlSht = xlWkb.Worksheets(1)
Dim arrPlotData(1 To 5, 1 To 2)
For I = 1 To 5
arrPlotData(I, 1) = xlSht.Range("A" & I + 1).Value
arrPlotData(I, 2) = xlSht.Range("B" & I + 1).Value
Next I
MSChart1.ChartData = arrPlotData
MSChart1.Title = "Microsoft Chart Control Demo"
xlApp.Quit
Set xlApp = Nothing
Err_Handler:
Err.Clear
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Load()
On Error GoTo Err_Handler
Form1.BorderStyle = 1
ProgressBar1.Visible = False
Timer1.Interval = 25
ProgressBar1.Max = 50
Combo1.AddItem "2dArea"
Combo1.AddItem "2dLine"
Combo1.AddItem "2dPie"
Combo1.AddItem "2dXY"
Combo1.AddItem "2dBar"
Combo1.AddItem "2dStep"
Combo1.AddItem "3dBar"
Combo1.AddItem "3dArea"
Combo1.AddItem "3dLine"
Combo1.AddItem "3dCombination"
Combo1.ListIndex = 4
Err_Handler:
Err.Clear
End Sub
Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
Static intTime
If IsEmpty(intTime) Then intTime = 1
ProgressBar1.Value = intTime
If intTime = ProgressBar1.Max Then
Timer1.Enabled = False
ProgressBar1.Visible = False
MSChart1.Visible = True
intTime = 1
ProgressBar1.Value = ProgressBar1.Min
Else
intTime = intTime + 1
End If
End Sub
