TypeByChartType Method

       

Returns the series type used to draw a series if the chart type is set to chType. This method allows you to get the series type information based on a specified chart type without actually setting the chart type.

Syntax

object.TypeByChartType (chtype)

The TypeByChartType method syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object An object expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list.
chtype Integer. A VtChChartType constant describing the chart type.

Return Values

Depending on the chart type specified by the  chtype argument, the TypeByChartType method returns one of the VtChSeriesType values, as shown below:

Constant Value Description
VtChSeriesTypeDefault -1 Default
VtChSeriesType3dBar 0 3D Bar
VtChSeriesType2dBar 1 2D Bar
VtChSeriesType3dLine 5 3D Line
VtChSeriesType2dLine 6 2D Line
VtChSeriesType3dArea 7 3D Area
VtChSeriesType3dStep 9 3D Step
VtChSeriesType2dStep 10 2D Step
VtChSeriesType2dXY 11 XY
VtChSeriesType2dPie 24 2D Pie