SeriesCollection - Incorrect ColorIndex Assigned to Chart

[Bob Barnes]

Has anyone encountered this? TIA - Bob

Sub ColorBySeriesName()
Dim rPatterns As Range
Dim iSeries As Long
Dim rSeries As Range
Set rPatterns = ActiveSheet.Range("A1:H66")
With ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 1").Chart
For iSeries = 1 To .SeriesCollection.Count
Set rSeries = rPatterns.Find(What:=.SeriesCollection(iSeries).Name)
If Not rSeries Is Nothing Then
'Gets near end of the SeriesCollection (56th of 66) & doesn't assign
correct
'ColorIndex
.SeriesCollection(iSeries).Interior.ColorIndex =
rSeries.Interior.ColorIndex
End If
Next
End With
End Sub

 

[Shane Devenshire]

Hi,

Of course there are only 56 colors on the 2003 pallette to which the
ColorIndex applies.

 

[Bob Barnes]

But, there are only 6 Colors being used...

Dark Blue = 41
Dark Green = 4
White = -4142
Light Yellow = 6
Dark Red = 3

Your thoughts? TIA - Bob

 

[Peter T]

I'm not sure what the problem is or what you are asking. However it seems to
relate to what colorindex is applied after the 56th series. Briefly, the
'automatic' colours for series start with 17 (or 25) and are applied
sequentially, at 56 they roll over to 1. However after every 56th series a
different grey pattern is applied giving the visual effect of a new set of
56 colours. To prevent patterns after the 56th, apply .pattern = 1.

More here
http://tinyurl.com/nmozvo

Regards,
Peter T

 

[Bob Barnes]

Shouldn't this code...

Set rSeries = rPatterns.Find(What:=.SeriesCollection(iSeries).Name)
If Not rSeries Is Nothing Then
.SeriesCollection(iSeries).Interior.ColorIndex =
rSeries.Interior.ColorIndex
End If

Find the color from...
..SeriesCollection(iSeries).Interior.ColorIndex

....and apply it to..
rSeries.Interior.ColorIndex

Or...does the 56th one start..."at 56 they roll over to 1."

Will read your example - thank you - Bob

 

[Bob Barnes]

Peter T - thank you. I opened the reference.

How can I modify my code, w/ yours...?

My code...
Set rPatterns = ActiveSheet.Range("A1:H66")
With ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 1").Chart
For iSeries = 1 To .SeriesCollection.Count
Set rSeries = rPatterns.Find(What:=.SeriesCollection(iSeries).Name)
If Not rSeries Is Nothing Then
.SeriesCollection(iSeries).Interior.ColorIndex =
rSeries.Interior.ColorIndex
End If
Next
End With

Your code....
For Each sr In chts.SeriesCollection
with sr.Interior
.pattern = 1
.ColorIndex = 23
end with
Next sr

Also, what would be the Dim for the "sr".

TIA - Bob

 

[Peter T]

Afraid I can't follow your code or infer from it what your are trying to do.
Try and explain what you are trying to do without code, but give details.

For iSeries = 1 To .SeriesCollection.Count
Set rSeries = rPatterns.Find(What:=.SeriesCollection(iSeries).Name)

Also, what would be the Dim for the "sr".

In one of the posts thread there's an entire routine in which sr is fully
declared like this
Dim sr As Series

In the posts only snippets of code are shown, however 'sr' as an object
variable is generally, if not always, declared As Series. In context with
'For Each sr In chts.SeriesCollection' it can only be a Series
object,(personally I wouldn't have used 'chts' to refer to a single chart).

Regards,
Peter T

 

[Bob Barnes]

Thank you - Bob

Afraid I can't follow your code or infer from it what your are trying to do.
Try and explain what you are trying to do without code, but give details.



In one of the posts thread there's an entire routine in which sr is fully
declared like this
Dim sr As Series

In the posts only snippets of code are shown, however 'sr' as an object
variable is generally, if not always, declared As Series. In context with
'For Each sr In chts.SeriesCollection' it can only be a Series
object,(personally I wouldn't have used 'chts' to refer to a single chart).

Regards,
Peter T

 

[Jon Peltier]

-4142 is not white, it's default. Which color index values are applied to
the cells in your range? Which are applied to the series?

- Jon

 

[Jon Peltier]

Try this:

Set rPatterns = ActiveSheet.Range("A1:H66")
With ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 1").Chart
For iSeries = 1 To .SeriesCollection.Count
Set rSeries = rPatterns.Find(What:=.SeriesCollection(iSeries).Name)
If Not rSeries Is Nothing Then
With .SeriesCollection(iSeries).Interior
.ColorIndex = rSeries.Interior.ColorIndex
.Pattern = 1
End With
End If
Next
End With

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services, Inc.
http://PeltierTech.com/WordPress/
_______

 

[Bob Barnes]

Thank you Jon

Try this:

Set rPatterns = ActiveSheet.Range("A1:H66")
With ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 1").Chart
For iSeries = 1 To .SeriesCollection.Count
Set rSeries = rPatterns.Find(What:=.SeriesCollection(iSeries).Name)
If Not rSeries Is Nothing Then
With .SeriesCollection(iSeries).Interior
.ColorIndex = rSeries.Interior.ColorIndex
.Pattern = 1
End With
End If
Next
End With

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Peltier Technical Services, Inc.
http://PeltierTech.com/WordPress/
_______

 

[Bob Barnes]

Jon - Thank you.

These are the colors being used...

Dark Blue = 41
Dark Green = 4
White = -4142
Light Yellow = 6
Dark Red = 3

You're correct...the -4142 is th normal color of an Excel Cell, which
happens to look like )is technically ?) white.