TwoColorGradient Method

Microsoft Excel Visual Basic

Sets the specified fill to a two-color gradient.

expression.TwoColorGradient(Style, Variant)

expression    Required. An expression that returns one of the above objects.

Style   Required MsoGradientStyle.

MsoGradientStyle can be one of these MsoGradientStyle constants.
msoGradientDiagonalDown
msoGradientDiagonalUp
msoGradientFromCenter
msoGradientFromCorner
msoGradientFromTitle
msoGradientHorizontal
msoGradientMixed
msoGradientVertical

Variant   Required Integer. The gradient variant. Can be a value from 1 through 4, corresponding to one of the four variants on the Gradient tab in the Fill Effects dialog box. If Style is msoGradientFromCenter, the Variant argument can only be 1 or 2.

ShowTwoColorGradient method as it applies to the ChartFillFormat object.

Sets the specified fill to a two-color gradient.

expression.TwoColorGradient(Style, Variant)

expression    Required. An expression that returns one of the above objects.

Style   Required MsoGradientStyle.

MsoGradientStyle can be one of these MsoGradientStyle constants.
msoGradientDiagonalDown
msoGradientDiagonalUp
msoGradientFromCenter
msoGradientFromCorner
msoGradientFromTitle
msoGradientHorizontal
msoGradientMixed
msoGradientVertical

Variant   Required Long. The gradient variant. Can be a value from 1 through 4, corresponding to one of the four variants on the Gradient tab in the Fill Effects dialog box. If Style is msoGradientFromCenter, the Variant argument can only be 1 or 2.

Example

This example sets the foreground color, background color, and gradient for the chart area fill on chart one.

With Charts(1).ChartArea.Fill
    .Visible = True
    .ForeColor.SchemeColor = 15
    .BackColor.SchemeColor = 17
    .TwoColorGradient msoGradientHorizontal, 1
End With