change graph data colors

[Casey Brown]

Hi! I have a VB6 project which involves inserting and manipulating an
MSGraph chart in PPT (XP).

My chart is always a pie chart. I am trying to set the pie segments to
different colors.

For Each sers In grph.SeriesCollection
sers.Points(1).Interior.Color = RGB(161, 61, 58)
sers.Points(2).Interior.Color = RGB(220, 130, 64)
sers.Points(3).Interior.Color = RGB(102, 51, 104)
sers.Points(4).Interior.Color = RGB(12, 38, 120)
Next sers

The problem is that the colors wind up being blues and black instead of the
ones I am specifying (a red, orange, purple, and blue, basically).
Interestingly, if i use simpler colors like RGB(255,0,0) and RGB(0,255,0),
they work fine.

If I Debug.Print ser.Points(1).Interior.Color after it gets set the result
is 10040115. The decimal notation for the color I am setting it to is
3816865. Why doesn't it get set correctly? Is there some other color
format I should be using?

Has anyone run into this before, and does anyone know how to get the pies to
be the colors I want? Any suggestions are most welcome.

Thanks in advance for your time!

-Casey

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Bad you can't set colors in MSGraph other than to choose the existing
ones it provides.
It won't throw any errors but it'll ignore you or map to whatever it decides
is the closest color.
It simply won't allow you to choose arbitrary colors.

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[Casey Brown]

Bugger! Thanks for the info, though, Steve. You (and others, of course)
make this by far the most helpful and friendly newsgroup I've come across!

Thanks!
-Casey

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

And you, sir, in turn keep us entertained with good questions. Don't be a
stranger and we won't be any stranger than we already are.
Stick around and you'll find that that's plenty strange enough already!

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PowerPoint FAQ - www.pptfaq.com
PPTools - www.pptools.com
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[John Langhans [MSFT]]

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Hello,

Microsoft Graph doesn't provide the functionality that you are looking for.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that it's important that
Microsoft Graph provide this kind of functionality, don't forget to send
your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

Since the Excel group owns the development of the Graph utility, don't
forget to submit the wish as an Excel wish and not a PowerPoint wish so
that it is reviewed by the correct team.

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your wish but also WHY it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
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