Q230484: HOWTO: Label Pie Slices as Percentages in MSChart Pie Chart

Article: Q230484
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:5.0,6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbCtrl kbVBp kbVBp500 kbVBp600 kbGrpDSVB
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
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SUMMARY
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When creating a Pie chart using the MSChart control, you might wish to label
each "slice" of the pie as a percentage of the total. This article demonstrates
how to do this.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following example illustrates how to accomplish this task:

1. Start a new Standard EXE project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by
  default.

2. From the Project menu, choose Components, check Microsoft Chart Control, and
  click OK.

3. Add an instance of the MSChart control to Form1.

4. Add the following code to Form1:

     Private Sub Form_Load()

        With MSChart1
           .chartType = VtChChartType2dPie

        For i = 1 To 3
           .Row = 1
           .Column = i
           .Data = i * 100
        Next
      
        With .DataGrid
           .RowLabelCount = 1
           .ColumnCount = 3
           .RowCount = 1
           For i = 1 To .ColumnCount
              .ColumnLabel(i, 1) = "Column " & i
           Next i
           .RowLabel(1, 1) = "Data as a Percentage"
        End With
      
        For i = 1 To .Plot.SeriesCollection.Count
           With .Plot.SeriesCollection(i).DataPoints(-1).DataPointLabel
              .LocationType = VtChLabelLocationTypeOutside
              .Component = VtChLabelComponentPercent
              .PercentFormat = "0%"
              .VtFont.Size = 10
           End With
        Next i

        End With
     End Sub

5. Run the project.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbCtrl kbVBp kbVBp500 kbVBp600 kbGrpDSVB 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVB600Search kbVBA500 kbVBA600 kbVB500 kbVB600
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,6.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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