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Create Microsoft Excel Column Chart - C#
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// Directory path of input and output files. | |
string dirPath = "D:/Download/"; | |
// Load source Excel file containing the chart data. | |
Workbook wb = new Workbook(dirPath + "sampleCreateMicrosoftExcelColumnChart.xlsx"); | |
// Access first worksheet. | |
Worksheet ws = wb.Worksheets[0]; | |
// Specify dimensions of the chart. | |
int upperLeftRow = 7; | |
int upperLeftColumn = 4; | |
int lowerRightRow = 24; | |
int lowerRightColumn = 13; | |
// Create Column chart with specified dimensions. | |
int idx = ws.Charts.Add(ChartType.Column, upperLeftRow, upperLeftColumn, lowerRightRow, lowerRightColumn); | |
// Access the Column chart. | |
Chart ch = ws.Charts[idx]; | |
// Set the outline of chart area. | |
ch.ChartArea.Border.Color = Color.Black; | |
ch.ChartArea.Border.Weight = WeightType.SingleLine; | |
// Set the chart title, make it non-bold and set its font size. | |
ch.Title.Text = "Classification of Languages"; | |
ch.Title.Font.IsBold = false; | |
ch.Title.Font.Size = 15; | |
// Add three vertical series in chart covering the range B2:D5. | |
ch.NSeries.Add("B2:D5", true); | |
// Set the category data covering the range A2:A5. | |
ch.NSeries.CategoryData = "A2:A5"; | |
// Set the names of the chart series taken from cells. | |
ch.NSeries[0].Name = "=B1"; | |
ch.NSeries[1].Name = "=C1"; | |
ch.NSeries[2].Name = "=D1"; | |
// Set the 1st series fill color. | |
ch.NSeries[0].Area.ForegroundColor = Color.FromArgb(74, 127, 176); | |
ch.NSeries[0].Area.Formatting = FormattingType.Custom; | |
// Set the 2nd series fill color. | |
ch.NSeries[1].Area.ForegroundColor = Color.FromArgb(91, 155, 213); | |
ch.NSeries[1].Area.Formatting = FormattingType.Custom; | |
// Set the 3rd series fill color. | |
ch.NSeries[2].Area.ForegroundColor = Color.FromArgb(173, 198, 229); | |
ch.NSeries[2].Area.Formatting = FormattingType.Custom; | |
// Set plot area formatting as none and hide its border. | |
ch.PlotArea.Area.FillFormat.FillType = FillType.None; | |
ch.PlotArea.Border.IsVisible = false; | |
// Set value axis major tick mark as none and hide axis line. | |
// Also set the color of value axis major grid lines. | |
ch.ValueAxis.MajorTickMark = TickMarkType.None; | |
ch.ValueAxis.AxisLine.IsVisible = false; | |
ch.ValueAxis.MajorGridLines.Color = Color.FromArgb(217, 217, 217); | |
// Save the output Excel file in XLSX format. | |
wb.Save(dirPath + "outputCreateMicrosoftExcelColumnChart.xlsx", SaveFormat.Xlsx); |
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