Comments on: Enhanced Export Chart Procedure

By: S.

S. — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:25:42 +0000

Thank you a lot! It’s great!

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:26:08 +0000

Matthew -

You need to make the chart the proper size to begin with. You should do int manually, and then make sure the chart looks okay.

To do it programmatically, before exporting multiply the size in pixels by 0.75 to specify the size in points (for a typical monitor setting). For example, to export the chart as a 400×600 pixel image:

ActiveChart.Parent.Height = 400 * 0.75
ActiveChart.Parent.Width = 600 * 0.75

By: Matthew McGlone

Matthew McGlone — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:30:22 +0000

Thanks for the great tool. Is there a way to specify the desired output resolution? I need a specific size (x,y) and find that resizing in Paint or other graphic editors to distort the chart image.

By: julian

julian — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:39:11 +0000

Excellent! This works great, and I could never have done it myself. Thanks :)

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:19:18 +0000

SP3 of ?? I don’t see how that would be a problem. I did just notice the problem occurred on 64-bit XP, but to have this fail on such a core function boggles the mind. Although Microsoft has boggled many minds with various upgrades and updates.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:09:49 +0000

Could it be SP3?

Cheers,

Bob

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:14:54 +0000

I'm not sure why that line would fail. I have a trap that bypasses the line if sPathName is "", or rather, if the length of the string in sPathName is zero. Is the workbook stored on a network share, perhaps, or opened from email or from a zip file? You could change the section of code to

On Error Resume Next
    ChDrive sPathName
    ChDir sPathName
On Error Goto 0

The charts exported as image files have no greater resolution than the screen.

By: Andrew Smyth

Andrew Smyth — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:44:03 +0000

The debugger highlights this line: “ChDrive sPathName”.
Could this be a problem with the 64 bit XP that I am running? I have had problems previously with other programs. Since I am in a hurry I am just manually using the “ActiveChart.Export” command, but I would really like your macro for future use. Also, on a side note, does this command have any option to control the resolution? I would prefer some higher resolution TIFF files.

By: Jon Peltier

Jon Peltier — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:19:43 +0000

Did you get any indication of which command failed? Did you see whether the code in this article works?

By: Andrew Smyth

Andrew Smyth — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:53:38 +0000

The macro is not working properly as I am getting a runtime error 5. Any ideas as to why? Thanks.