DrawText Method

Microsoft Office Web Components Visual Basic

expression.DrawText(bstrText, Left, Top)

expression    Required. An expression that returns a ChChartDraw object.

bstrText   Required String. The text to draw on the chart.

Left   Required Long. Pixel coordinate of the left edge of the text.

Top   Required Long. Pixel coordinate of the top edge of the text.

Example

This example adds a text string to the upper-left corner of the plot area each time that the chart is re-drawn.

Sub ChartSpace1_AfterRender(drawObject, chartObject)

    Dim chChart1

    Set chChart1 = ChartSpace1.Charts(0)
    
    ' After the legend has been rendered, then add the text
    ' to the chart.
    If TypeName(chartObject) = "ChLegend" Then
        drawObject.DrawText "2000 Sales", chChart1.PlotArea.Left + 5, _
                            chChart1.PlotArea.Top
    End If

End Sub