SAS/AF Software: Class Dictionary

Using Color in a Chart Control

The following table lists the attributes you can use to control color in a Chart control. For information on controlling the color in titles and footnotes, see Displaying Titles and Footnotes in a Chart Control. For information on using color as a response variable, see Using a Color Variable in a Chart Control

Attibutes Specifies

axisColor Color for the axis, axis labels, tick marks, and legend.

backgroundColor Color outside of the chart axes but within the control's border

barColor Bar colors in bar charts, or box colors in box charts. Not available for line and area charts.

borderColor Color for border around the Chart control

borderTitleColor Text color for the border's title

chartBackgroundColor Color within the chart axes

colorVariable, color2Variable, color3Variable Bar colors in bar charts, or box colors in box charts. Not available for line and area charts.

faceColorMode Whether bar colors affect the entire bar or only the bar tops

gridColor Color of the chart's grid lines

highlightColor Color a bar turns when it is selected

missingColor Color used for bars that have a color response value that is not defined in the Range entry

outlineColor Color for the outlines around bars

Attibutes	Specifies
axisColor	Color for the axis, axis labels, tick marks, and legend.
backgroundColor	Color outside of the chart axes but within the control's border
barColor	Bar colors in bar charts, or box colors in box charts. Not available for line and area charts.
borderColor	Color for border around the Chart control
borderTitleColor	Text color for the border's title
chartBackgroundColor	Color within the chart axes
colorVariable, color2Variable, color3Variable	Bar colors in bar charts, or box colors in box charts. Not available for line and area charts.
faceColorMode	Whether bar colors affect the entire bar or only the bar tops
gridColor	Color of the chart's grid lines
highlightColor	Color a bar turns when it is selected
missingColor	Color used for bars that have a color response value that is not defined in the Range entry
outlineColor	Color for the outlines around bars

For all the attributes except the color variables, you can specify a SAS color name like red, green, or blue. Alternatively, you can set the color to match a color value that is set in the SAS environment. For example, you can set the color to match the color used for the SAS notes that print in the Log window.

To set colors in the SAS environment, use the SASCOLORS window, which you can open with the Tools menu:

Tools Options Colors

For a Chart control named chart1, the following code sets the backgroundColor attribute to blue:

chart1.backgroundColor = 'blue';

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