copying all charts as enhanced metafiles

[Paste charts as enchanced metafile]

I have a sheet with a number of charts. I want to copy them to another sheet
as a single picture. The following code works, but the picture loses
resolution.

'Copies graphs as picture
Sheets("Graphs").Select
Range("A1:R51").Select
Selection.CopyPicture Appearance:=xlScreen, Format:=xlPicture
Range("A1").Select


'Pastes graph picture to summary sheet
Sheets("Static Summary Sheet").Select
Range("A1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste

I have replaced the code with:

'Copies graphs as picture
Sheets("Graphs").Select
ActiveSheet.Shapes.SelectAll
Selection.Copy
Range("A1").Select


'Pastes graph picture to summary sheet
Sheets("Static Summary Sheet").Select
Range("D5").Select
ActiveSheet.PasteSpecial Format:="Picture (Enhanced Metafile)",
Link:=False _
, DisplayAsIcon:=False
Selection.Top = 69.75
Selection.Left = 37.5

Now I get an error in the pastespecial line "PasteSpecial method of
Worksheet class failed.

Any ideas?

 

[Paste charts as enchanced metafile]

I should add the loss of resolution is in Excel2007 and the error in the
second code is also in Excel2007. Both methods work fine in Excel2003.

 

[Joel]

I added two picture to a worksheet and used your code without any problems.
I'm using excel 2003.

Try the same thing. Add two pictures to a blank workbook and see if it
works. the code is good. Are both your sheets worksheets? You called one a
chart so was it created by adding a chart?

 

[Peter T]

CopyPicture doesn't work correctly in Excel 2007, it has been reported.

Just use .Copy and all formats will be copied to the clipboard, then paste
with whichever format you want. More here -

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/mi...nk=gst&q=copypicture+peter-t#b5536ac8340331af

Regards,
Peter T


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[Paste charts as enchanced metafile]

Joel,

The code works fine in 2003, not in 2007.

I added two picture to a worksheet and used your code without any problems.
I'm using excel 2003.

Try the same thing. Add two pictures to a blank workbook and see if it
works. the code is good. Are both your sheets worksheets? You called one a
chart so was it created by adding a chart?

 

[Paste charts as enchanced metafile]

Peter,

..Copy works for a single chart. Any way to select all the charts and paste
them all at once?

 

[Peter T]

What a palava!

Sub test()
Dim i As Long
Dim arr()
Dim wsSource As Worksheet, wsDest As Worksheet

Set wsSource = Worksheets("Sheet1")
Set wsDest = Worksheets("Sheet2")

wsSource.Activate
With wsSource.ChartObjects
ReDim arr(1 To .Count)

For i = 1 To UBound(arr)
arr(i) = .Item(i).ZOrder
Next
End With

wsSource.DrawingObjects(arr).Select
wsSource.DrawingObjects(arr).Copy

wsDest.Activate
wsDest.Range("B2").Activate
wsDest.PasteSpecial Format:="Picture (Enhanced Metafile)"

End Sub

Lots of select/activate and other stuff in the above I'd normally be
advising people not to do - but if needs must for Excel 2007 !

Regards,
Peter T

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[Paste charts as enchanced metafile]

Thanks for your help.

What a palava!

Sub test()
Dim i As Long
Dim arr()
Dim wsSource As Worksheet, wsDest As Worksheet

Set wsSource = Worksheets("Sheet1")
Set wsDest = Worksheets("Sheet2")

wsSource.Activate
With wsSource.ChartObjects
ReDim arr(1 To .Count)

For i = 1 To UBound(arr)
arr(i) = .Item(i).ZOrder
Next
End With

wsSource.DrawingObjects(arr).Select
wsSource.DrawingObjects(arr).Copy

wsDest.Activate
wsDest.Range("B2").Activate
wsDest.PasteSpecial Format:="Picture (Enhanced Metafile)"

End Sub

Lots of select/activate and other stuff in the above I'd normally be
advising people not to do - but if needs must for Excel 2007 !

Regards,
Peter T

"Paste charts as enchanced metafile"