Sets the source data range for the Chart control.
Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Sub SetSourceData ( _
    Source As Range, _
    PlotBy As Object _
)
void SetSourceData(
    Range Source,
    Object PlotBy
)
Parameters
Source
Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.RangeRange. The range that contains the source data.
PlotBy
Type: System.ObjectSpecifies the way the data is to be plotted. Can be either of the following XlRowCol constants: xlColumns or xlRows.
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 SetSourceData method to set the data source of the chart to a range that contains cells A1 through B5.
Private Sub ApplyDataSource()
    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
End Sub
private void ApplyDataSource()
{
    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;
}
.NET Framework Security
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.