Working with Charts through Shape.Chart Object

Once the chart was inserted and filled with data, you are able to change its appearance. Shape.Chart property contains all chart related options available through the public API.

For example, let’s change the Chart title or legend behavior:

For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-words/Aspose.Words-for-C
// The path to the documents directory.
System::String outputDataDir = GetOutputDataDir_WorkingWithCharts();
System::SharedPtr<Document> doc = System::MakeObject<Document>();
System::SharedPtr<DocumentBuilder> builder = System::MakeObject<DocumentBuilder>(doc);

System::SharedPtr<Shape> shape = builder->InsertChart(ChartType::Line, 432, 252);
System::SharedPtr<Chart> chart = shape->get_Chart();

// Determines whether the title shall be shown for this chart. Default is true.
chart->get_Title()->set_Show(true);
// Setting chart Title.
chart->get_Title()->set_Text(u"Sample Line Chart Title");
// Determines whether other chart elements shall be allowed to overlap title.
chart->get_Title()->set_Overlay(false);

// Please note if null or empty value is specified as title text, auto generated title will be shown.

// Determines how legend shall be shown for this chart.
chart->get_Legend()->set_Position(LegendPosition::Left);
chart->get_Legend()->set_Overlay(true);
System::String outputPath = outputDataDir + u"CreateChartUsingShape.docx";
doc->Save(outputPath);

The code generates the followings results: