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Chart.Axes Method

Gets an object that represents either a single axis or a collection of the axes on the chart.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function Axes ( _
    Type As Object, _
    AxisGroup As XlAxisGroup _
) As Object
Object Axes(
    Object Type,
    XlAxisGroup AxisGroup
)

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Object

Remarks

Optional Parameters

For information on optional parameters, see Optional Parameters in Office Solutions.

Examples

The following code example creates a Chart and then uses the Axes method to add a title to the primary axis.

Private Sub SetAxisTitle()
    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.xl3DColumn

    Dim axis As Excel.Axis = CType(Chart1.Axes(Excel.XlAxisType.xlValue, _
        Excel.XlAxisGroup.xlPrimary), Excel.Axis)

    axis.HasTitle = True
    axis.AxisTitle.Text = "Sales Figures" 
End Sub
private void SetAxisTitle()
{
    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;

    Excel.Axis axis = (Excel.Axis)chart1.Axes(
        Excel.XlAxisType.xlValue,
        Excel.XlAxisGroup.xlPrimary);

    axis.HasTitle = true;
    axis.AxisTitle.Text = "Sales Figures";
}

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Chart Interface

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel Namespace