Color Charts in a specific style

bobsell

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Hi guys,


I am yet again puzzled by VBA.
I wrote a script that colors the lines in a chart a specific color based on the model number in the Series Name. I have about 250 models that this macro has to set different criteria for.

BUT it somehow does not want to work on all cases, and sometimes works only selectively.

Here is the script:
Code:
Dim j As Integer
j = ActiveChart.Legend.LegendEntries.Count

    For i = 1 To j
    With ActiveChart
        Select Case .SeriesCollection(i).Name
        
            Case "KDL-32BX300"
                With .SeriesCollection(i)
                .Border.ColorIndex = 2
                .Border.Weight = 1
                .Border.LineStyle = xlDashDot
                .MarkerStyle = False
                .Smooth = False
                .Shadow = False
                .MarkerBackgroundColorIndex = False
                .MarkerForegroundColorIndex = False
                End With
                
            Case "KDL-32BX400"
                With .Legend.LegendEntries(j).LegendKey
                .Border.ColorIndex = 2
                .Border.Weight = 2
                .Border.LineStyle = xlDashDot
                .MarkerStyle = False
                .Smooth = False
                .Shadow = False
                .MarkerBackgroundColorIndex = False
                .MarkerForegroundColorIndex = False
                End With
                
            Case "KDL-32EX402"
                With .Legend.LegendEntries(j).LegendKey
                .Border.ColorIndex = 2
                .Border.Weight = 2
                .Border.LineStyle = xlDashDot
                .MarkerStyle = False
                .Smooth = False
                .Shadow = False
                .MarkerBackgroundColorIndex = False
                .MarkerForegroundColorIndex = False
                End With

        End Select
        End With
    Next
End With

Please Help!!
 

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I fixed some ridiculous errors, but the code still does not color the lines.
It just removes the colors of each line.

Code:
Dim j As Integer
j = ActiveChart.SeriesCollection.Count

    For i = 1 To j
    With ActiveChart
        Select Case .SeriesCollection(i).Name
        
            Case "KDL-32BX300"
                With .SeriesCollection(i)
                .Border.ColorIndex = 2
                .Border.Weight = 1
                .Border.LineStyle = xlDashDot
                .MarkerStyle = False
                .Smooth = False
                .Shadow = False
                .MarkerBackgroundColorIndex = False
                .MarkerForegroundColorIndex = False
                End With
                
            Case "KDL-32BX400"
                With .SeriesCollection(i)
                .Border.ColorIndex = 2
                .Border.Weight = 2
                .Border.LineStyle = xlDashDot
                .MarkerStyle = False
                .Smooth = False
                .Shadow = False
                .MarkerBackgroundColorIndex = False
                .MarkerForegroundColorIndex = False
                End With
                
            Case "KDL-32EX402"
                With .SeriesCollection(i)
                .Border.ColorIndex = 2
                .Border.Weight = 2
                .Border.LineStyle = xlDashDot
                .MarkerStyle = False
                .Smooth = False
                .Shadow = False
                .MarkerBackgroundColorIndex = False
                .MarkerForegroundColorIndex = False
                End With

        End Select
        End With
    Next
End With
 
Upvote 0
Nevermind,
I fixed it.

The previous code was not coloring the line because there was no data for it. :)
 
Upvote 0

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