DashStyle Property

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ChartLineDashStyleEnum

ChartLineDashStyleEnum can be one of these ChartLineDashStyleEnum constants.
chLineDash
chLineDashDot
chLineDashDotDot
chLineLongDash
chLineLongDashDot
chLineRoundDot
chLineSolid
chLineSquareDot

expression.DashStyle

expression   Required. An expression that returns a ChLine or ChBorder object.

Remarks

This property is valid only for series lines.

Example

This example changes the first chart in Chartspace1 to a line chart and then formats the line for the first data series in the chart.

  Sub Set_Series_LineStyle()

    Dim chConstants
    Dim serSeries1

    Set chConstants = ChartSpace1.Constants

    ' Change the chart to a line chart.
    ChartSpace1.Charts(0).Type = chChartTypeLine

    ' Set a variable to refer to the first data series in the chart.
    Set serSeries1 = ChartSpace1.Charts(0).SeriesCollection(0)

    ' Set the miter of the line of the first series.
    serSeries1.Line.Miter = chConstants.chLineMiterBevel

    ' Set the line weight of the first series.
    serSeries1.Line.Weight = chConstants.owcLineWeightThick

    ' Set the line style of the first series.
    serSeries1.Line.DashStyle = chConstants.chLineRoundDot

End Sub