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CategoryFormula Property
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FarPoint.Win.Spread Assembly > FarPoint.Win.Spread.Chart Namespace > SpreadChart Class : CategoryFormula Property


Glossary Item Box

Gets or sets the category formula. This action will re-build the chart's series.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Public Overridable Property CategoryFormula As String
Visual Basic (Usage)Copy Code
Dim instance As SpreadChart
Dim value As String
 
instance.CategoryFormula = value
 
value = instance.CategoryFormula
C# 
public virtual string CategoryFormula {get; set;}

Property Value

The category formula.

Remarks

This property is not designed for persisting so you should save and re-use the value and access infrequently.

Example

This example sets the CategoryFormula property.
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fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[0, 1].Value = "c1";
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[0, 2].Value = "c2";
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[0, 3].Value = "c3";
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1, 0].Value = "s1";
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[2, 0].Value = "s2";
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[3, 0].Value = "s3";
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[4, 0].Value = "s4";
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[5, 0].Value = "s5";
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[6, 0].Value = "s6";

fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1, 1].Value = 1;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[2, 1].Value = 2;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[3, 1].Value = 3;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[4, 1].Value = 4;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[5, 1].Value = 5;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[6, 1].Value = 6;

fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1, 2].Value = 7;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[2, 2].Value = 8;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[3, 2].Value = 9;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[4, 2].Value = 10;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[5, 2].Value = 11;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[6, 2].Value = 12;

fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1, 3].Value = 13;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[2, 3].Value = 14;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[3, 3].Value = 15;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[4, 3].Value = 16;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[5, 3].Value = 17;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[6, 3].Value = 18;
  
FarPoint.Win.Spread.Chart.SpreadChart chart = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.Chart.SpreadChart("Sheet1!$B$2:$D$7", typeof(FarPoint.Win.Chart.BarSeries));
chart.CategoryFormula = "Sheet1!$A$2:$A$7";
chart.Location = new Point(100, 100);
chart.Size = new Size(200, 200);
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Charts.Add(chart);
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FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(0, 1).Value = "c1"
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(0, 2).Value = "c2"
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(0, 3).Value = "c3"
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(1, 0).Value = "s1"
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(2, 0).Value = "s2"
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(3, 0).Value = "s3"
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(4, 0).Value = "s4"
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(5, 0).Value = "s5"
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(6, 0).Value = "s6"

FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(1, 1).Value = 1
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(2, 1).Value = 2
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(3, 1).Value = 3
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(4, 1).Value = 4
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(5, 1).Value = 5
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(6, 1).Value = 6

FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(1, 2).Value = 7
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(2, 2).Value = 8
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(3, 2).Value = 9
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(4, 2).Value = 10
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(5, 2).Value = 11
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(6, 2).Value = 12

FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(1, 3).Value = 13
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(2, 3).Value = 14
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(3, 3).Value = 15
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(4, 3).Value = 16
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(5, 3).Value = 17
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(6, 3).Value = 18

Dim chart As New FarPoint.Win.Spread.Chart.SpreadChart("Sheet1!$B$2:$D$7", GetType(FarPoint.Win.Chart.BarSeries))
chart.CategoryFormula = "Sheet1!$A$2:$A$7"
chart.Location = New Point(100, 100)
chart.Size = New Size(200, 200)  
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Charts.Add(chart)

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 2000 Professional (SP4), Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server (SP1), Windows 2008, Windows XP (SP2), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8

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