XL: Recorded Macro to Edit Links of Chart Doesn't Work

ID: Q131335

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you record a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro to edit the

links of an embedded chart, and you run the recorded macro, the links are not changed. This problem does not occur with separate chart sheets.

RESOLUTION

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To edit the links of an embedded chart in Microsoft Excel, you can edit them manually or use a Visual Basic Formula command to change the links of each series of the chart, as in the following example: 

   ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).Formula = _
       "=SERIES(,,'[CHARTB.XLS]Sheet1'!R1C1:R3C1,1)"
Where CHARTB.XLS is the workbook that contains the data you want to change the link to.

If you have more than one series to change, you can use the following sample macro: 

   Sub ChangeChartLinks()
       ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 1").Activate
       ' Activate the Chart to modify links in.
       SourceFile = "Book2.xls"
       ' SourceFile is the Links Source File as shown in the Links Dialog.
       ' If it is open, do not use a path.
       DestFile = ActiveWorkbook.Name
       ' DestFile is the file you want the links to refer to.
       ' In this example, the Workbook the chart is located in.
       For Each s In ActiveChart.SeriesCollection
           length = Len(SourceFile)
           pos = InStr(s.Formula, SourceFile)
           Do Until pos = 0
               s.Formula = Application.Replace(s.Formula, pos, length, _
                   DestFile)
               pos = InStr(s.Formula, SourceFile)
           Loop
       Next
       ' Loops through all of the Series in the Chart and replaces all
       ' of the references to the SourceFile with the DestFile.
   End Sub

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft Products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 5.00 5.00a 5.00c 7.00 7.00a XL98 XL97 XL7 XL5 

Keywords          : kbprg kbdta kbdtacode PgmOthr KbVBA 
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0c,7.0,97; MACINTOSH:5.0,5.0a,98
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999