AutoPlot Object
The AutoPlot object is the basic plot object from which most plots are derived.
Derived from: AutoShape object (All methods and properties of AutoShape apply to this object.)
Properties
Methods
Example
This example shows how to reference a line/scatter plot.
Sub Main
'Declares GrapherApp as an object
Dim GrapherApp As Object
'Creates an instance of the Grapher Application object
'and assigns it to the variable named "GrapherApp"
Set GrapherApp = CreateObject("Grapher.Application")
'Makes Grapher visible
GrapherApp.Visible = True
'Declares Plot as an object
Dim Plot As Object
'Creates a plot document in Grapher and
'assigns it to the variable named "Plot"
Set Plot = GrapherApp.Documents.Add(grfPlotDoc)
'Declares Shapes as an object
Dim Shapes As Object
'Assigns the AutoShapes collection to the
'variable named "Shapes"
Set Shapes = Plot.Shapes
'Declares LineGraph as an object
Dim LineGraph As Object
'Creates a graph and assigns it to the
'variable named "LineGraph"
Set LineGraph = Shapes.AddLinePlotGraph(GrapherApp.Path + "\samples\bar chart orientations.dat")
'Declare LinePlot as an object
Dim LinePlot As Object
'Set LinePlot to the first line plot on
'the LineGraph graph
Set LinePlot = LineGraph.Plots.Item(1)
End Sub