Specifies the output format of the generated chart.

object.SetOutputFormat output_format

Arguments

object

Required. A Chart object.

output_format

Required. A string that specifies the format of the generated chart.

Remarks

The methods GetOutputLocation, ExportAsResponse, ExportAsFile, ExportAsBinary, GetHTMLTag and GetOutputLocation generate the final chart as an image or a Flash movie. The output format of the generated chart is specified by the SetOutputFormat method.

If not specified, the default output format is "SWF" (i.e. Adobe Flash movie)

The output format is defined by a string value (the output_format parameter) which is interpreted as follows:

Code	Definition
"SVG"	SVG Image (Scalable Vector Graphics)
"JPG"	JPEG Image
"PNG"	PNG Image (Portable Network Graphics)
"SWF"	Flash Movie (Adobe Flash)
"PDF"	PDF Document (Adobe Acrobat)

VBScript Sample Code

The following VBScript code illustrates use of the SetOutputFormat method.

'Create the chart series
Dim categories(2)
Dim values(2)

categories(0) = "Jan"
categories(1) = "Feb"
categories(2) = "Mar"

values(0) = 10
values(1) = 20
values(2) = 30

chart.SetCategoriesFromArray categories

chart.SetSeriesValuesFromArray 0, values

'Set the chart title
chart.SetTitle "My Chart"

'Set the graphics settings from a style file
chart.LoadStyle "C:\myStyle.scs"

'The chart is complete, we can now generate the chart as a JPEG image
chart.SetOutputFormat "JPG"
chart.ExportAsResponse

See Also

ExportAsResponse Method | ExportAsFile Method | ExportAsBinary Method | GetHTMLTag | GetOutputLocation Method

Applies To: Chart Object