Changing chartobject name VBA

[dualhcsniatpac]

Is there anyway that I can rename a chart object through VBA so it is easier to refer to them instead of "Chart1" and so on. Im guessing it is something you do when creating the chart.

ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 1")

 

[mikerickson]

ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(1).Name = "Bob"

 

[dualhcsniatpac]

So when I am in the process of writing my chart in VBA, for example 1 sheet has 4 charts, they will all use ChartObjects(1)??? Or will it change??

Thank you for the help Mike!

 

[ddadmin2009]

Hi, Use the below for your requirement.

Dim sChtName As String
' unique name for chart object
sChtName = format(now,"yymmdd_hhmmss")
activesheet.chartobjects(activesheet.chartobjects.count).name = sChtname

Now you can reference the chart object using

ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(sChtname)

instead of

ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 1")

 

[Richard Schollar]

So when I am in the process of writing my chart in VBA, for example 1 sheet has 4 charts, they will all use ChartObjects(1)??? Or will it change??

Thank you for the help Mike!

Each will use a different chart object so you will have ChartObjects(1),ChartObjects(2),ChartObjects(3),ChartObjects(4) on your sheet.

 

[RoryA]

When you are creating the chart in code, you can set the Name property of the chartobject using something like:

Dim cht as chart
set cht = charts.add
' various chart code
cht.Parent.Name = "your chartobject name here"