How to deselect a selected chart programatically?

[sr152]

I'm using the excel automation objects (Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel) for
Office 2003. Using C#.NET I'm retrieving the list of worksheets in a
workbook. For each worksheet, if there is a chart on the worksheet there is a
further processing that is required. However, I need to de-select a selected
chart area (when the mouse is clicked on the chart area the chart and the
data columns get selected). I have used:
foreach(Excel.Chart chart in workbook.Charts)
{
try
{
chart.Deselect();
PageSetup(excelApp, chart);
}
catch(Exception err)
{
PlugInTrace.WriteException(err);
}
}

The above piece of code does not undo the selection of the chart area. Any
help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[Tushar Mehta]

Do you have to select the chart in the first place? Select and activate are
often unnecessary.

To 'deselect' a chart, chart.Deselect should work. A limited test from the
VBE confirmed it worked. But, if it doesn't, select a cell.

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Tushar Mehta
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Custom MS Office productivity solutions

 

[sr152]

The chart area is already selected and because of that the data columns
associated with the chart are also selected. The code needs to deselect the
chart area, not just the lines on the chart but the entire chart area. The
above code is not doing that. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

 

[Jon Peltier]

You cannot select a chart and a worksheet range at the same time.

What needs to be selected? You could try this (translated into C#, of
course):

ActiveChart.Deselect
ActiveSheet.Range("A1").Select

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