Chart Object Error 91

[Bob Barnes]

I'm an Access Programmer, but was asked why this proceduire fails w/ Error
91...
I tried setting ..Dim ActiveChart As ChartObject...but it still fails...see
where I have
"<--- Where Error 91 occurs" below. TIA - Bob

Sub ColorBySeriesName()
Dim rPatterns As Range
Dim iSeries As Long
Dim rSeries As Range

Set rPatterns = ActiveSheet.Range("AR6:BH235")

With ActiveChart
For iSeries = 1 To .SeriesCollection.Count <--- Where Error 91 occurs
Set rSeries = rPatterns.Find(What:=.SeriesCollection(iSeries).Name)
If Not rSeries Is Nothing Then
.SeriesCollection(iSeries).Interior.ColorIndex = _
rSeries.Interior.ColorIndex
End If
Next
End With
End Sub

 

[EricG]

Works fine when you actually have a chart selected. Probably the user did
not have a chart selected, hence "ActiveChart" is not defined. That's what
error 91 is telling you.

HTH,

Eric

 

[Jacob Skaria]

Bob

Replace

<<With ActiveChart
by

With ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(1).Chart
(if you have only one chart)

OR

With ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("chartname").Chart
(if you have only one chart)

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[Bob Barnes]

Thank you. Just tried...

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Dim ActiveChart As ChartObject

Set ActiveChart = ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 16")
Set rPatterns = ActiveSheet.Range("AR6:BH235")

With ActiveChart
For iSeries = 1 To .SeriesCollection.Count <-- Still Error 91 here

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[EricG]

Bad idea!

ActiveChart is a built-in Excel object name and refers to the currently
selected chart on a sheet. You should not use that same name for your
variable. Call it something else, like "MyChart" or whatever, just not
ActiveChart.

Did you try just selected a chart on the current worksheet and then running
your original code? If that doesn't work, try Jacob's suggestion.

HTH,

Eric

 

[Jacob Skaria]

Oops. I should have removed the comment "(if you have only one chart)
" from the second option. If you have more more number of charts; specify
the name..

With ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(1).Chart
(if you have only one chart)

OR

With ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 16").Chart
(if you have multiple chart objects)

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[Bob Barnes]

With ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 16").Chart
....solved the problem..

Thank you & EricG - Bob

 

[Bob Barnes]

With ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 16").Chart
....solved the problem..

Thank you & Jacob - Bob