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Using Excel 2007 Chart in VB.NET 2005

By: Issac  

We can create Chart in Excel using VB.NET 2005 . The following section shows how to create a Chart in Excel 2007 through VB.NET source code . Before we crate a Chart , we have to fill data in Excel sheet. After enter data your Excel sheet is look like the following picture.

After filling the data , We have to create a chart object in VB.NET and configure the Chart object with necressary data like positions , size , data range , chart type etc..

The following picture shows the excel file after created a chart.

Imports Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel
Public Class Form1
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
  ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

        Dim xlApp As Excel.Application
        Dim xlWorkBook As Excel.Workbook
        Dim xlWorkSheet As Excel.Worksheet
        Dim misValue As Object = System.Reflection.Missing.Value

        xlApp = New Excel.ApplicationClass
        xlWorkBook = xlApp.Workbooks.Add(misValue)
        xlWorkSheet = xlWorkBook.Sheets("sheet1")

        'add data
        xlWorkSheet.Cells(1, 1) = ""
        xlWorkSheet.Cells(1, 2) = "Issac"
        xlWorkSheet.Cells(1, 3) = "Raja"
        xlWorkSheet.Cells(1, 4) = "Ravi"

        xlWorkSheet.Cells(2, 1) = "Term1"
        xlWorkSheet.Cells(2, 2) = "80"
        xlWorkSheet.Cells(2, 3) = "65"
        xlWorkSheet.Cells(2, 4) = "45"

        xlWorkSheet.Cells(3, 1) = "Term2"
        xlWorkSheet.Cells(3, 2) = "78"
        xlWorkSheet.Cells(3, 3) = "72"
        xlWorkSheet.Cells(3, 4) = "60"

        xlWorkSheet.Cells(4, 1) = "Term3"
        xlWorkSheet.Cells(4, 2) = "82"
        xlWorkSheet.Cells(4, 3) = "80"
        xlWorkSheet.Cells(4, 4) = "65"

        xlWorkSheet.Cells(5, 1) = "Term4"
        xlWorkSheet.Cells(5, 2) = "75"
        xlWorkSheet.Cells(5, 3) = "82"
        xlWorkSheet.Cells(5, 4) = "68"

        'create chart
        Dim chartPage As Excel.Chart
        Dim xlCharts As Excel.ChartObjects
        Dim myChart As Excel.ChartObject
        Dim chartRange As Excel.Range

        xlCharts = xlWorkSheet.ChartObjects
        myChart = xlCharts.Add(10, 80, 300, 250)
        chartPage = myChart.Chart
        chartRange = xlWorkSheet.Range("A1", "d5")
        chartPage.SetSourceData(Source:=chartRange)
        chartPage.ChartType = Excel.XlChartType.xlColumnClustered

        xlWorkSheet.SaveAs("C:\vbexcel.xlsx")
        xlWorkBook.Close()
        xlApp.Quit()

        releaseObject(xlApp)
        releaseObject(xlWorkBook)
        releaseObject(xlWorkSheet)

        MsgBox("Excel file created , you can find the file c:\")
    End Sub

    Private Sub releaseObject(ByVal obj As Object)
        Try
            System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(obj)
            obj = Nothing
        Catch ex As Exception
            obj = Nothing
        Finally
            GC.Collect()
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class