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How to set size of bubbles for Excel bubble chart in C#, VB.NET?
This article explains how to set the size of bubbles for a bubble chart using XlsIO.
How to set the size of bubbles?
To change the size of the bubbles in the bubble chart, change the BubbleScale property value in XlsIO. By default this value will be set to 100.
Code snippet to set bubble size
// Set bubble size IChartSerie serie = chart.Series.Add(); serie.SerieFormat.CommonSerieOptions.BubbleScale = 130;
To know more about creating charts with various settings using XlsIO, please refer to the documentation.
The following C#/ VB.NET complete code snippet shows how to set the size of bubbles for a bubble chart using XlsIO.
C#
using Syncfusion.XlsIO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.IO;
namespace ChartSample
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2016;
// Open existing workbook with data entered
Assembly assembly = typeof(Program).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
Stream fileStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ChartSample.InputTemplate.xlsx");
IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open(fileStream);
IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];
// Initialize chart
IChartShape chart = worksheet.Charts.Add();
chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Bubble;
// Apply chart elements
//Set chart title
chart.ChartTitle = "Bubble Chart";
// Set legend
chart.HasLegend = false;
// Set category Labels and values
IChartSerie serie = chart.Series.Add();
serie.CategoryLabels = worksheet.Range["B2:B4"];
serie.Values = worksheet.Range["C2:C4"];
serie.Bubbles = worksheet.Range["D2:D4"];
// Set bubble size
serie.SerieFormat.CommonSerieOptions.BubbleScale = 130;
// Positioning the chart in the worksheet
chart.TopRow = 8;
chart.LeftColumn = 1;
chart.BottomRow = 23;
chart.RightColumn = 8;
// Saving the workbook
Stream stream = File.Create("Output.xlsx");
workbook.SaveAs(stream);
}
}
}
}
VB
Imports Syncfusion.XlsIO
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.IO
Namespace ChartSample
Class Program
Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
Using excelEngine As ExcelEngine = New ExcelEngine
Dim application As IApplication = excelEngine.Excel
application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Excel2016
'Open existing workbook with data entered
Dim assembly As Assembly = GetType(Program).GetTypeInfo.Assembly
Dim fileStream As Stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ChartSample.InputTemplate.xlsx")
Dim workbook As IWorkbook = application.Workbooks.Open(fileStream)
Dim worksheet As IWorksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)
'Initialize chart
Dim chart As IChartShape = worksheet.Charts.Add
chart.ChartType = ExcelChartType.Bubble
'Apply chart elements
'Set chart title
chart.ChartTitle = "Bubble Chart"
'Set legend
chart.HasLegend = False
'Set category Labels and values
Dim serie As IChartSerie = chart.Series.Add
serie.CategoryLabels = worksheet.Range("B2:B4")
serie.Values = worksheet.Range("C2:C4")
serie.Bubbles = worksheet.Range("D2:D4")
'Set bubble size
serie.SerieFormat.CommonSerieOptions.BubbleScale = 130
'Positioning the chart in the worksheet
chart.TopRow = 8
chart.LeftColumn = 1
chart.BottomRow = 23
chart.RightColumn = 8
'Saving the workbook
Dim stream As Stream = File.Create("Output.xlsx")
workbook.SaveAs(stream)
End Using
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace

Bubble size set to 130 for bubble chart using XlsIO