Chart.SelectEvent Event

Occurs when the Chart control is selected.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Event SelectEvent As ChartEvents_SelectEventHandler

event ChartEvents_SelectEventHandler SelectEvent

Examples

The following code example creates a Chart with a handler for the SelectEvent event that displays a message box when the primary axis of the chart is selected.

WithEvents SelectChart As Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Chart

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

    SelectChart = Me.Controls.AddChart(Me.Range("D2", "H12"), _
        "SelectChart")
    SelectChart.SetSourceData(Me.Range("A1", "B5"), _
        Excel.XlRowCol.xlColumns)
    SelectChart.ChartType = Excel.XlChartType.xl3DColumn
End Sub

Sub SelectChart_SelectEvent(ByVal ElementID As Integer, _
    ByVal Arg1 As Integer, ByVal Arg2 As Integer) _
    Handles SelectChart.SelectEvent

    If Excel.XlChartItem.xlAxis = _
        CType(ElementID, Excel.XlChartItem) Then
        If Excel.XlAxisGroup.xlPrimary = _
            CType(Arg1, Excel.XlAxisGroup) Then
            MsgBox("The primary axis of the chart was selected.")
        End If
    End If
End Sub

private void DisplayWhenPrimaryAxisSelected()
{
    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.xl3DColumn;

    chart1.SelectEvent +=
        new Excel.ChartEvents_SelectEventHandler(
        chart1_SelectEvent);
}

void chart1_SelectEvent(int ElementID, int Arg1, int Arg2)
{
    if (Excel.XlChartItem.xlAxis == (Excel.XlChartItem)ElementID)
    {
        if (Excel.XlAxisGroup.xlPrimary == (Excel.XlAxisGroup)Arg1)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("The primary axis of the chart was selected.");
        }
    }
}

.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