Question

So I have a graph that has 6 series on it and I want to be able to make each series visible or invisible using a set of ActiveX check boxes. The check boxes seem to be working fine so far, but I can’t figure out how to make an individual series invisible. Is there a property of the series that I can use to make it not visible? Google and Microsoft help aren’t turning it up for me.

(Granted, that doesn’t mean it isn’t there…)

Any and all help is appreciated.

Answer 1

Update

Wait, I remember that I have come across this before in the past. A good way to hide the data you want is to hide the actual rows / columns of data being charted. So your ActiveX control won’t touch the chart, but rather hide / unhide the columns / rows of chart data.

You will just need to set up your chart data in such a way that it doesn’t interfere with any other data that needs to be shown.

Leaving my original answer for anyone’s benefit…

I just recorded a macro and played with it …

Got this great result:

ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 1").Activate
ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).Select

'Turn it on
Selection.Format.Line.Visible = msoTrue
'Turn it off
Selection.Format.Line.Visible = msoFalse

This is eqiuvalent to selecting No Line in the Line Color section of the Format Data Series dialog box.