Comments on: Links and Updates 2008-August-29

By: Fabrice Rimlinger

Fabrice Rimlinger — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:21:49 +0000

Bob,

I have added one parameter in the function so you can choose the color of the bars.

A new file is available at http://sparklines-excel.blogspot.com/

Salut !

By: Fabrice Rimlinger

Fabrice Rimlinger — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:19:46 +0000

@ Bob,

Although I like the standard gray barchart(), I can see an great interest in your request for being able to choose the colors.

The change has been implemented and a new version (2.3.1) available on the site : http://sparklines-excel.blogspot.com/.

Salut !

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:42:44 +0000

I’ve tried Fabrice’s vba tools for small graphs and they are great.
The only recommendation I would have would be to allow defining the colors of the bars.

I visit Jon’s blog every day. looking for new ideas and ways to leverage Excel’s charting engine to make information clearer.

Great site and wonderful information.

Cheers,

Bob

By: Fabrice Rimlinger

Fabrice Rimlinger — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:09:52 +0000

Hi Jon,

thanks for this comment on you blog and above all for the great tips distillated here and there on the web. I owe a big part of what I know about XL.

Just a small remark about the Sparklines UDF : it is not an add-in but simply an workbook w/ vba modules.
This makes it easier to share with users who have no clue about how to install an add-in.

I can’t wait to see your comments about it, as I see (a lot of) room for improvement in the code.

Best regards

Fabrice