Table 6. Graph Properties by Property Category
Category
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Property
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Description
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TargetWindow Name
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The name of the target window in which the contents of a hyperlink appear.
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Advanced
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LinkExp
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The expression defining a hyperlink for this graph object.
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ObjectVariable
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The name of an optional method in the frame that will point to this graph object.
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Data
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DataSetCount
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The number of data series. This value is computed when the graph is displayed. When you are designing the graph, this property contains the number of sample points to show.
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PointCount
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The number of points in each data series. This value is computed when the graph is displayed. When you are designing the graph, this property contains the number of sample points to show.
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PointLabelColor
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The color of the labels displayed for each point.
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PointLabelStyle
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The style of the labels displayed for each point. Options are GraphNoPointLabels, GraphCustomLabels, GraphNumericLabels, GraphColoredNumericLabels, and GraphColoredCustomLabels.
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SampleMax
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Maximum for the sample values.
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SampleMin
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Minimum for the sample values.
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ValuesColorList
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A comma-separated list of color names or RGB values to identify different data series.
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Expressions (in AcDetailGraph only)
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LabelValueExp
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Contains a data row variable, in square brackets, from which a text x-axis label can be obtained for each point. Note that values are not aggregated for each label.
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XValueExp
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Contains a data row variable, in square brackets, that supplies the X value for each data point. For example, in a scatter graph that plots revenue on the y-axis against sales stage on the x-axis, the setting for this property would be [ssSales_Stage].
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YValueExp
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Contains a data row variable, in square brackets, that supplies the Y value for each data point. For example, in a scatter graph that plots revenue on the y-axis against sales stage on the x-axis, the setting for this property would be [ssRevenue].
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ZValueExp
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Contains a data row variable, in square brackets, that supplies the Z value (series) for each data point.
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Expressions (in ssSummaryGraph only)
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CategoryKey
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Contains a data row variable or expression that specifies the category, that is, the x-axis value that groups data. This should normally evaluate to an integer. For example, in a summary graph that groups opportunities by month, the category key would be:
Year([ssClose_Date]) * 12 + Month([ssClose_Date]) -1
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CategoryLabel
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Contains a data row variable or expression that provides the text label for each category. For example, in a summary graph that groups opportunities by month, the category label expression would be:
[ssClose_Date_ Formatted]
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SeriesKey
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Contains a data row variable or expression that specifies the series (z-axis) for the data point, that is, the value that determines which bar color or line graph curve the point appears in. This should normally evaluate to an integer.
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SeriesLabel
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Contains a data row variable or expression that provides the text label to appear in the legend for each series.
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ValueExp
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Contains a data row variable or expression that supplies the Y value for each data point. For example, in a summary graph that displays opportunity revenue by month, the value expression would be:
Sum(Val([ssRevenue]))
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General
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AxisColor
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Color of the axis lines.
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BackgroundColor
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Background color of the graph. Ignored if BackgroundIsClear is TRUE.
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BackgroundIsClear
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TRUE if the background of the graph is clear.
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GraphBackground. Color
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Color of the rectangle around the graph.
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GraphBackgroundIsClear
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TRUE if the rectangle around the graph itself (not including titles or the legend) is clear.
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GraphBorderStyle
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Style for the border around the graph. Options are GraphNoBorder, GraphSolidBorder, GraphDropShadow, GraphShadowAndBorder, GraphRaisedBorder, and GraphLoweredBorder.
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GraphType
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Specifies the graph type. Options are Graph2DPie, Graph3DPie, Graph2DBar, Graph3DBar, GraphLine, Graph2DArea, Graph2DScatter, GraphHLC, GraphTape, GRaphOHLC, Graph2DArea, and Graph3DArea.
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GridColor
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Color of the grid lines superimposed on the graph.
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Graph-Specific
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BarGrouping
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Specifies that a bar chart is clustered, stacked, or without clustering or stacking. Ignored for charts other than bar charts. Options are GraphBarNoGrouping, GraphBarCluster, GraphBarClusterZ (3D only), GraphBarStack, and GraphBarStackPercentage.
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BarOrientation
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Specifies that a bar chart has horizontal or vertical bars. Ignored for charts other than bar charts. Options are GraphBarVertical, GraphBarHorizontal, and GraphBarHorizontalReversed.
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Graph-Specific
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HLCBarStyle
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HLC and OHLC graphs only. Determines how the graph displays high, low, and close tick marks. Options are GraphHLCAllBars, GraphHLCThickBars, GraphHLCNoClose, and GraphHLCNoBars.
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LineStyle
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Specifies that a line graph has solid lines of default thickness, broken lines of a particular pattern, or thick lines. Applies to line graphs only. Options are GraphDefaultLines, GraphPatternLines, and GraphThickLines.
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LineStylesList
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Line graphs only. A comma-separated list of line styles, one style for each data set. Options are SingleLine, DashLine, DotLine, DashDotLine, DashDotDotLine, and NullLine.
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LineThickness
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Line and scatter graphs only. Specifies the thickness of lines in graph-specific units.
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PointsArePercent
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Area graphs only. TRUE indicates that the numbers on the data points are percentage figures. FALSE indicates that the points are absolute numbers.
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ShowAsPercent
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Area graphs and pie charts only. Draws the graph showing the percentage of each data point as the sum of all points in that dataset. The area always fills the full graph height.
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ShowLines
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Line, log/lin, lin/log, and log/log graphs only. TRUE shows lines connecting the points.
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ShowSticks
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Line, log/lin, lin/log, log/log, and scatter graphs only. TRUE shows lines from the y-axis to each point.
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ShowSymbols
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Line, log/lin, lin/log, log/log, and scatter graphs only. TRUE shows symbols for each point.
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HTML
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Alignment
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Specifies the alignment of the graph window within the flow of text in the report.
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AlternateText
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In browsers that do not support Java applets, specifies the text that appears in place of the graph.
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BorderWidth
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The number of pixels of thickness of the border around the graph.
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Margin
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The number of pixels of horizontal and vertical space between the window and the surrounding text.
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UseDefaultSize
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Determines whether to use the default image size computed by the browser. If it is set to TRUE, the system does not generate the height and width HTML attributes. If FALSE, the system generates these attributes from the Size property.
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Legend
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LegendBackgroundColor
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Background color for the legend.
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LegendBackground IsClear
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TRUE if the legend is transparent.
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LegendBorderStyle
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The style of the box to draw around the legend. Options are GraphNoBorder, GraphSolidBorder, GraphDropShadow, GraphShadowAndBorder, GraphRaisedBorder, and GraphLoweredBorder.
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LegendColorText
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TRUE if the legend entries are the same color as the lines, points, or bars they identify. FALSE if they are all the color given by Legend.LegendFont.Color.
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LegendFont
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A group of properties that defines the font of the legend labels, including Bold, Color, FaceName, Italic, and so on.
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LegendPosition
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The position of the legend. Options are GraphLegendNone, GraphLegendTop, GraphLegendTopRight, GraphLegendTopLeft, GraphLegendLeft, GraphLegendRight, GraphLegendBottomLeft, GraphLegendBottom, and GraphLegendBottomRight.
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LegendSize
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The relative size of the legend, from 0 (smallest) to 100 (largest). This value controls the spacing of legend entries.
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Titles
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AxisTitleFont
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A set of properties that defines the font of the x- and y-axis titles.
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LabelFont
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A set of properties that defines the font for the x- and y- axis values labels, and that of the data labels adjacent to each point.
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TitleBackground Color
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Background color for the rectangle enclosing the title.
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TitleBackgroundIsClear
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TRUE indicates that the area under the title should be transparent.
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TitleBorderStyle
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Style for the border around the title. Options are GraphNoBorder, GraphSolidBorder, GraphDropShadow, GraphShadowAndBorder, GraphRaisedBorder, and GraphLoweredBorder.
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TitleFont
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A set of properties that defines the font for the graph title.
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TitleText
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Title that appears above the graph.
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TOC
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TocAddComponent
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Determines whether the component name is added to the report's table of contents. The values are:
TOCAlwaysAdd. Always add the component to the table of contents.
TOCIfAllVisible. Add component name to the table of contents only if the user can view at least one page generated from the component based on page security. This is the default.
TOCIfAnyVisible. Add component to table of contents even if the user cannot view any pages generated from the component based on page security.
TOCSkip. Never add the component to the table of contents. Use this to hide components such as parallel or sequential sections or detail frames from the user.
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TocAddContents
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Determines whether the component's contents are added to the report's table of contents.
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TocValueExp
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Returns a string to show as the table of contents entry for this object.
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Viewing
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CursorShape
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The kind of cursor to show when the mouse cursor passes over the graph object.
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HelpText
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The text to show for this graph object when the user asks for help.
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Searchable
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Specifies whether the graph object can be searched in the Viewer.
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SearchAlias
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The name to display to the user when building a search for this graph object.
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Selectable
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TRUE if the user can select this graph object in the Viewer.
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Visual
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Position
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The position of the graph object in its enclosing frame.
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Size
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The size of the graph object.
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X-Axis
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XAxisPosition
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The position of the x-axis. Options are GraphXAxisAuto, GraphXAxisTop, and GraphXAxisBottom.
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XAxisStyle
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The location of the graph origin. Options are GraphZeroOrigin, GraphAutoOrigin, and GraphCustomOrigin.
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XLabelFormat
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The format string used to create custom x-axis labels.
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XLabelsList
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A comma-separated list of quoted x-axis values.
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XLabelStyle
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The kind of labels to show along the x-axis. Options are the following:
GraphNoLabels. Displays no labels.
GraphAutoLabels. Displays labels computed automatically.
GraphCustomLabels. Displays custom labels based on the information you enter in the XLabelsList property.
GraphExpressionLabels. Displays labels computed from an expression you specify in the LabelExp property.
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XMajorGridStyle
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The style of line to draw for the major grid lines. Options are SingleLine, DashLine, DotLine, DashDotLine, DashDotDotLine, and NullLine.
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X-Axis
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XMajorTickCount
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The number of ticks to display. For graphs with X values, this is the number of ticks to display. For graphs without X values, this is the frequency of the ticks (that is, points per tick).
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XMajorTickStyle
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The kind of tick marks to include. Options are GraphNoTicks, GraphAutoTicks, and GraphCustomTicks.
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XMax
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Sets the maximum x-axis limit. This value is computed when the graph is displayed. When the graph is being designed, this value is used for displaying sample data.
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XMin
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Sets the minimum x-axis limit. This value is computed when the graph is displayed. When the graph is being designed, this value is used for displaying sample data.
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XMinorGridStyle
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The style of line to draw for the minor grid lines.
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XShowMinorTicks
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TRUE indicates that the graph displays minor tick marks. If so, there will always be five minor tick marks between two major tick marks.
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XTitle
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The text of the label to show for the x-axis.
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XTitleBackGround Color
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The background color of the x-axis title.
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XTitleBackgroundIsClear
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TRUE specifies that the x-axis title background is transparent.
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XTitleBorderStyle
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The style of the rectangle that encloses the x-axis title. Options are GraphNoBorder, GraphSolidBorder, GraphDropShadow, GraphShadowAndBorder, GraphRaisedBorder, and GraphLoweredBorder.
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XValueSet
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Indicates how the system should determine how many x-axis values are available.
GraphDefaultXValues. No x-axis values are available; the graph should provide default spacing along the x-axis.
GraphXValuePerDataSet. There is one set of x-axis values provided in the points for the first (or only) data set that apply to all points.
GraphXValuePerPoint. Each point has its own X value.
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XVerticalLabels
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TRUE to show x-axis labels vertically instead of horizontally.
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Y-Axis
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YAxisPosition
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The position of the y-axis. Options are GraphYAxisAuto, GraphYAxisLeft, and GraphYAxisRight.
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YAxisStyle
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The location of the graph origin. Options are GraphZeroOrigin, GraphAutoOrigin, and GraphCustomOrigin.
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YLabelFormat
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The format string used to create custom y-axis labels.
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YLabelsList
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A comma-separated list of quoted y-axis values.
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YLabelStyle
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The kind of labels to show along the y-axis. Options are the following:
GraphNoLabels. Displays no labels.
GraphAutoLabels. Displays labels computed automatically.
GraphCustomLabels. Displays custom labels based on the information you enter in the XLabelsList property.
GraphExpressionLabels. Displays labels computed from an expression you specify in the LabelExp property.
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YMajorGridStyle
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The style of line to draw for the major grid lines. Options are SingleLine, DashLine, DotLine, DashDotLine, DashDotDotLine, and NullLine.
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YMajorTickCount
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The number of ticks to display. For graphs with y-axis values, this is the number of ticks to display. For graphs without y-axis values, this is the frequency of the ticks.
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YMajorTickStyle
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The kind of tick marks to include. Options are GraphNoTicks, GraphAutoTicks, and GraphCustomTicks.
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Y-Axis
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YMax
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Sets the maximum y-axis limit. This value is computed when the graph is displayed. When the graph is being designed, this value is used for displaying sample data.
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YMin
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Sets the minimum y-axis limit. This value is computed when the graph is displayed. When the graph is being designed, this value is used for displaying sample data.
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YMinorGridStyle
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The style of line to draw for the minor grid lines. Options are GraphDefaultLines, GraphPatternLines, and GraphThickLines.
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YShowMinorTicks
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TRUE indicates that the graph displays minor tick marks. If so, there will always be five minor tick marks between two major tick marks.
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YTitle
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The text of the label to show for the y-axis.
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YTitleBackGround Color
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The background color of the y-axis title.
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YTitleBackgroundIsClear
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TRUE means the y-axis title background is transparent.
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YTitleBorderStyle
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The style of the rectangle that encloses the y-axis title. Options are GraphNoBorder, GraphSolidBorder, GraphDropShadow, GraphShadowAndBorder, GraphRaisedBorder, and GraphLoweredBorder.
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YTitleOrientation
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Determines how the text appears for the y-axis title. The default is GraphYLabelUp, which rotates the text 90 degrees counterclockwise. Options are GraphYLabelHoriz, GraphYLabelUp, and GraphYLabelDown.
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YVerticalLabels
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TRUE to show x-axis labels rotated 90 degrees.
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