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 and ExportAsBinary generates 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. Macromedia Flash movie)

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

Code Definition
"SWF"
Macromedia Flash movie
"JPG"
JPG ImageJPG
"PNG"
PNG Image (Portable Network Graphics)

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.AddSeries
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

GetOutputLocation Method | ExportAsResponse Method | ExportAsFile Method | ExportAsBinary Method

Applies To: Chart Object