Programming Excel with VBA and .NET

Name

chartfillformat.OneColorGradient(Style, Variant, Degree)

Synopsis

Applies a one-color gradient.

Argument	Settings
Style	An msoGradientStyle constant indicating the type of the gradient. See the GradientStyle property for a list of settings.
Variant	The index of the gradient variant to use. The variants are listed on the Gradient tab in the Fill Effects dialog box.
Degree	The degree of the gradient as a number from 0 (dark) to 1 (light).

The following code applies a one-color gradient to the chart area:

Sub OneColorGradient( )
    Dim chrt As Chart, cf As ChartFillFormat
    ' Get the chart.
    Set chrt = ActiveChart
    ' Get the chart area fill.
    Set cf = chrt.ChartArea.Fill
    ' Make the fill visible.
    cf.Visible = True
    ' Display a gradient fill.
    cf.OneColorGradient msoGradientDiagonalUp, 2, 0.9
End Sub