Setting an Object Property

The following statement sets the background color of the chart area. The variable m_chart contains an instance of a Chart2D object (the main 2D Chart object).

m_chart.GetChartArea().GetInterior().SetBackgroundColor(

       RGB(247,206,151));

This statement navigates the 2D Chart object hierarchy by retrieving the values of successive properties. First, the value of the ChartArea property is retrieved, which is a ChartArea object. Then, this ChartArea object's Interior property is retrieved, which is an Interior object. Finally, the Interior object's BackgroundColor property is set.