Question

I am generating bubble charts in VB.NET and I think it would be nice to make the border of a bubble thicker, so its easier to see if there is an overlap, but I can't sort out how to do it. To do it by hand you just right click on the bubble, go to border styles and put in your value.

I sorted out how to change the color of bubbles with:

.chart.SeriesCollection(i).interior.color = RGB

I have spent quite a bit of time reading around looking for something similar that will allow me to raise the border weight a point or so, but I have had no luck.

Anyone know how to do it? Thanks as always SO!

Update: What I did:

            With oChart

            With CType(.SeriesCollection, Excel.SeriesCollection)
                .NewSeries()
                With CType(.Item(counterVal - 43), Excel.Series)
                    .Name = mainSheet.Range("a" & counterVal).Value
                    .XValues = mainSheet.Range("b" & counterVal).Value
                    .Values = mainSheet.Range("d" & counterVal).Value
                    .BubbleSizes = mainSheet.Range("c" & counterVal).Value
                    .HasDataLabels = True
                    .DataLabels.Position = XlDataLabelPosition.xlLabelPositionAbove
                    'DL.ShowSeriesName = True
                    .Has3DEffect = True
                    .Format.ThreeD.SetThreeDFormat(Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoPresetThreeDFormat.msoThreeD1)
                    '.Format.Line.Weight = 1.5
                End With
            End With
        End With

I ended up just using 3D effects instead of the line weight, but I left them both in.

Was it helpful?

Solution

e.g.

Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim co As ChartObject
Dim ch As Chart
Dim sr As Series
Dim pt As Point

Set ws = ActiveSheet
Set co = ws.ChartObjects(1)
Set ch = co.Chart
Set sr = ch.SeriesCollection(1)
Set pt = sr.Points(19)

pt.Select

With Selection.Format.Fill
    .Visible = msoTrue
    .ForeColor.ObjectThemeColor = msoThemeColorAccent2
    .ForeColor.TintAndShade = 0
    .ForeColor.Brightness = 0
    .Transparency = 0
    .Solid
End With
With Selection.Format.Line
    .Visible = msoTrue
    .ForeColor.RGB = RGB(0, 176, 80)
    .Transparency = 0
End With
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