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  #11  
Old June 10th, 2008, 09:48 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
Peter T
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Posts: 127
Default Bug with Chart.Name?

Aha! Gotcha!

If so it's only perhaps if I didn't clearly explain g

Sometimes a For Each loop doesn't find each item in a
collection.


Absolutely, and this "Gotcha" is the very point I have been trying to make
to the OP.

For Each Drawingobject-type (eg ChartObject, Rectangle, etc) can do
incorrect things and hence several times in this thread (and over the years
in several other posts) I have been trying to ensure the OP loops For To
Next, ie by index. (I gave an example in an earlier post).

However, For Each shp in .Shapes is generally reliable (even so with one or
two caveats), and hence what I meant by a For To index (drawingobject level)
loop should "normally" return same as a For Each shape. Unfortunately,
looping large numbers of shapes is very considerably slower than the
equivalent drawingobject level, either For Each or by index method.

Think I've mentioned already, but a "For Each Drawingobject-type" can
confusingly fail with duplicate names; the first name in the collection
processes correctly but the second (& subsequent) found duplicate name in
the loop ends up re-referencing (and re-processing) the first duplicate
name, if that makes sense.

Further, For Each Drawingobject can entirely fail to reference any names
with punctuation, eg "MyChart.1". There are one or two other reasons this
type of loop can fail.

For each Drawingobject can also fail in the opposite way and pick up
"un-wanted" objects such as a chartobjects which are grouped* - very
confusing!

There's more!

I think sheets or worksheets are as well


Fortunately I'm pretty confident there's no potential For Each problem with
sheets, but there are different kinds of problems with other non
drawingobjects, eg Series (in rare scenarios).

Regards,
Peter

PS * eg, rename a chartobject, copy it, group the pair, loop For Each
chartobject

"Jon Peltier" wrote in message
...
I would not expect this to work differently to a For i = 1 to
.Chartobjects.Count loop


Aha! Gotcha! Sometimes a For Each loop doesn't find each item in a
collection. It wasn't until I read this response that I remembered this
obscure little feature. Chart Objects are one of the types of items that

can
be missed. I'm not sure, but I think sheets or worksheets are as well. It
hasn't happened to me frequently, but lately I've trained myself to use a
looping counter variable in my For Next loops.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______



"Peter T" peter_t@discussions wrote in message
...
I did try the normal loop based on max chart count and the results were
the same. Sorry, I just didn't post it since there was no new data.


I assume by "the normal loop" you mean
for i = 1 to activesheet.chartobjects.count
although most people might consider "For..Each" as the "normal" way to
loop objects.

Are you absolutely sure the dubug results are different with the

different
methods of looping.

Here's yet another way you can loop your charts

Sub test()
Dim shp As Shape, chtObj As ChartObject, cht As Chart
For Each shp In ActiveSheet.Shapes
If shp.Type = msoChart Then
i = i + 1
Set chtObj = shp.DrawingObject
Set cht = chtObj.Chart
Debug.Print i, chtObj.Name, cht.Name
End If
Next
End Sub

I would not expect this to work differently to a For i = 1 to
.Chartobjects.Count loop

From what you have described about chartobjects having been renamed and
copied I'm not surprised your For Each loop has failed to reference all
correctly.

I know it might seem odd but actually, as your subject line suggests,
there can be a bug of sorts when looping For Each with any object type

at
the 'DrawingObject' level; of which ChartObject is a sub type. Apart

from[color=blue][i][color=green][i]
picking up the wrong object, in the case of duplicate names, names that
include punctuation can be missed completely. Remember, we are talking
about ChartObject name here, which is not (normally) same as
chartobject.Chart.Name (though chartObject & Shape names will be the
same).

Regards,
Peter T

"bart13" wrote in message
...

It was meaningful to me in the sense that it displayed exactly what I
was expecting. Charts are just plain being missed in the loop, no
matter how the loop is constructed or even if the if statement is
removed. The ChartObjects are getting corrupted when renamed, and its
pretty consistent.

I did try the normal loop based on max chart count and the results were
the same. Sorry, I just didn't post it since there was no new data.

Thanks for clarifying on the grouping. I've seen it on one of the
properties menus but never took it any further since I seldom use any
extra chart elements like text boxes, etc.

I hope Mr. Peltier jumps in with an idea or two. I'm at my wits end.

It seems that every time I copy a chart now and then rename it, the
ChartObject gets corrupted and will never again be seen by any loop. If
I don't rename it and just translate the "Chart ###" name to my own
filename in a select case statement, all is well.

I've even tried deleting about 30 of the extra charts in the main chart
tab on the theory that there's some unknown limit I've exceeded, but it
made no difference.

bart13


Peter T;677841 Wrote:
Afraid it's difficult to know how to unwrap those debug lines and make
any
sense of them. I was hoping though that the information might be
meaningful
to you, in particular indicate if any charts were not being picked up
as
expected, or a chart being picked up twice (strangely that's possible
in a
For Each loop).

Did you try looping with the For...To...Next method and compare the
debug,
as I suggested.

I forgot to comment on this from your earlier post
---
I haven't done any grouping that I know of and frankly I'm not
even
sure what it means in this context.---

You can group chartobjects with any other objects, eg rectangle or
other
chartobjects, by selecting them, right-click then group. Copying then
ungrouping can lead to duplicate names (particularly objects that had
been
renamed from their given default).

Regards,
Peter T


"bart13" wrote in message
...-

All the charts in the test tab with only the 6 charts are not being
processed as you can see in the debug output, and just as the text
file
output also shows. Only three of the six are being seen, and in the
first debug section below the names are duplicated.

0 dow_gold_oil_crb1900current_rev Pub2
dow_gold_oil_crb1900current_rev C:\gk\temp\Pub2
dow_gold_oil_crb1900current_rev.png
0 dow_gold_oil_crb1800current_rev Pub2
dow_gold_oil_crb1800current_rev C:\gk\temp\Pub2
dow_gold_oil_crb1800current_rev.png
0 dow_gold_oil_crb1800current Pub2
dow_gold_oil_crb1800current C:\gk\temp\Pub2
dow_gold_oil_crb1800current.png
0 dow_gold_oil_crb1900current_rev Pub2
dow_gold_oil_crb1900current_rev C:\gk\temp\Pub2
dow_gold_oil_crb1900current_rev.png
0 dow_gold_oil_crb1800current_rev Pub2
dow_gold_oil_crb1800current_rev C:\gk\temp\Pub2
dow_gold_oil_crb1800current_rev.png
0 dow_gold_oil_crb1800current Pub2
dow_gold_oil_crb1800current C:\gk\temp\Pub2
dow_gold_oil_crb1800current.png


Here's the same output but with the if/end if commented out and of
course dropping the elseif condition:

1 dow_gold_oil_crb1900current_rev Pub2
dow_gold_oil_crb1900current_rev C:\gk\temp\Pub2
dow_gold_oil_crb1900current_rev.png
2 dow_gold_oil_crb1800current_rev Pub2
dow_gold_oil_crb1800current_rev C:\gk\temp\Pub2
dow_gold_oil_crb1800current_rev.png
3 dow_gold_oil_crb1800current Pub2
dow_gold_oil_crb1800current C:\gk\temp\Pub2
dow_gold_oil_crb1800current.png


The three charts that are being missed aren't anywhere in either
output
and ActiveSheet.ChartObjects.Count does return 6. I have confirmed
again
that all six charts do have unique and different names in the name
box.


Although it may not help, the main chart tab has 350 charts but only
323 are actually processed, whether the Chart/Chert statement is
there
or not. Also, the entire workbook is gigantic - over 500MB.

The purpose of the if condition is so that all I have to do to save
a
new chart for the web site is to change the chart name away from the
default.

Its good to have it confirmed about ChartObject and Chart names.

By the way, thanks for the help - much appreciated. I've been coding
since 1980 but this is my first VBA macro.

bart13



Peter T;677602 Wrote:
Are all your charts being processed or are some skipped due to
this
line-
If Left(strChartName, 5) "Chert" Then--
(Chert/Chart noted)

comment the export line and just before the "End If" and add these
lines

debug.print counter, Pict.Name, Pict.chart.name, SaveName
Else
debug.print "Else " & Pict.Name, Pict.chart.name
End if

You could also try looping For..To..Next and compare the debug
lines.
Comment the For Each line (also again with the export line
commented
and the
same debug lines)

For i = 1 to Activesheet.Chartobjects.Count
Set Pict = ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(i)
etc

Hopefully comparing debug after looping both ways will indicate
what's
going
on (even if the debug sets are the same). Btw why the If
condition?

Also the debug lines should also highlight what Jon mentioned
about
ChartObject and Chart names not being the same.

I'm sure you know but just in case, press ctrl-g to view the debug
lines in
the Immediate window.

Regards,
Peter T



...






--
bart13






  #12  
Old June 11th, 2008, 08:11 AM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
bart13[_5_]
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Posts: 1
Default Bug with Chart.Name?


Yes - very much so. The straight loop (as in "for i = 1 to
activesheet.chartobjects.count" ) has wrong results, just like every
other attempt and regardless of whether the if test was being used or
not. There are 6 charts on the tab, only three show up in both the
actual text file and the debug print statement.

No matter what the code is, charts are being skipped.

To state it another way, Pict.Name and Pict.Chart.Name return the exact
same matching values - every time. But both only return three names and
there are six charts, and all six have unique names in the name box.

No matter if I look at the output in the text file or from the debug
print statement, its the same issue. Six charts in the tab, only three
recognized.


And I do betray my ancient status as a coder. The last time I did any
Basic coding, there was no such thing as a for each loop so the "for i
= 1 to ..." is normal to me.

I did double check the name box again for all six charts, and all the
names are both unique and do not contain punctuation either (unless an
underscore is considered punctuation).

I'm obviously missing something since it appears you're saying I have
dupe names, but I have no way of which I'm aware to change the
duplicate ones nor is there any code that I can run which will
distinguish the dupes.

The only way that works on new copied charts is not to change the name
but rather hard code it into a select case set of statements based on
the "Chart ###" name.

Are you saying that this is expected behavior and an open and old bug
(or something similar), and that I should just continue to do the hard
coding and work around? I'm not trying to be accusatory, just in case.

Regards,
bart


Peter T;678438 Wrote: [color=blue][i]
I did try the normal loop based on max chart count and the results

were-
the same. Sorry, I just didn't post it since there was no new data.-


I assume by "the normal loop" you mean
for i = 1 to activesheet.chartobjects.count
although most people might consider "For..Each" as the "normal" way to
loop
objects.

Are you absolutely sure the dubug results are different with the
different
methods of looping.

Here's yet another way you can loop your charts

Sub test()
Dim shp As Shape, chtObj As ChartObject, cht As Chart
For Each shp In ActiveSheet.Shapes
If shp.Type = msoChart Then
i = i + 1
Set chtObj = shp.DrawingObject
Set cht = chtObj.Chart
Debug.Print i, chtObj.Name, cht.Name
End If
Next
End Sub

I would not expect this to work differently to a For i = 1 to
..Chartobjects.Count loop

From what you have described about chartobjects having been renamed and

copied I'm not surprised your For Each loop has failed to reference all

correctly.

I know it might seem odd but actually, as your subject line suggests,
there
can be a bug of sorts when looping For Each with any object type at the

'DrawingObject' level; of which ChartObject is a sub type. Apart from
picking up the wrong object, in the case of duplicate names, names that

include punctuation can be missed completely. Remember, we are talking

about ChartObject name here, which is not (normally) same as
chartobject.Chart.Name (though chartObject & Shape names will be the
same).

Regards,
Peter T

"bart13" wrote in message
...

It was meaningful to me in the sense that it displayed exactly what I
was expecting. Charts are just plain being missed in the loop, no
matter how the loop is constructed or even if the if statement is
removed. The ChartObjects are getting corrupted when renamed, and its
pretty consistent.

I did try the normal loop based on max chart count and the results

were
the same. Sorry, I just didn't post it since there was no new data.

Thanks for clarifying on the grouping. I've seen it on one of the
properties menus but never took it any further since I seldom use any
extra chart elements like text boxes, etc.

I hope Mr. Peltier jumps in with an idea or two. I'm at my wits end.

It seems that every time I copy a chart now and then rename it, the
ChartObject gets corrupted and will never again be seen by any loop.

If
I don't rename it and just translate the "Chart ###" name to my own
filename in a select case statement, all is well.

I've even tried deleting about 30 of the extra charts in the main

chart
tab on the theory that there's some unknown limit I've exceeded, but

it
made no difference.

bart13







--
bart13
  #13  
Old June 11th, 2008, 12:13 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
Peter T
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Posts: 127
Default Bug with Chart.Name?

I really would expect both the "for i = 1 to .chartobjects.count" and the
For each shp in .Shapes loop (with if msoChart test) to work correctly.
Possibly there's something else in your own code at fault, or some other bug
that we have all missed.

If you like you can send me a zipped stripped down non-sensitive version of
what you have. Make a copy of your book, prune as much as possible in terms
of data, charts, sheets and not least code; leaving just enough to
demonstrate the problem.

Regards,
Peter T
pmbthornton gmail com

"bart13" wrote in message
...[color=blue][i]

Yes - very much so. The straight loop (as in "for i = 1 to
activesheet.chartobjects.count" ) has wrong results, just like every
other attempt and regardless of whether the if test was being used or
not. There are 6 charts on the tab, only three show up in both the
actual text file and the debug print statement.

No matter what the code is, charts are being skipped.

To state it another way, Pict.Name and Pict.Chart.Name return the exact
same matching values - every time. But both only return three names and
there are six charts, and all six have unique names in the name box.

No matter if I look at the output in the text file or from the debug
print statement, its the same issue. Six charts in the tab, only three
recognized.


And I do betray my ancient status as a coder. The last time I did any
Basic coding, there was no such thing as a for each loop so the "for i
= 1 to ..." is normal to me.

I did double check the name box again for all six charts, and all the
names are both unique and do not contain punctuation either (unless an
underscore is considered punctuation).

I'm obviously missing something since it appears you're saying I have
dupe names, but I have no way of which I'm aware to change the
duplicate ones nor is there any code that I can run which will
distinguish the dupes.

The only way that works on new copied charts is not to change the name
but rather hard code it into a select case set of statements based on
the "Chart ###" name.

Are you saying that this is expected behavior and an open and old bug
(or something similar), and that I should just continue to do the hard
coding and work around? I'm not trying to be accusatory, just in case.

Regards,
bart


Peter T;678438 Wrote:
I did try the normal loop based on max chart count and the results

were-
the same. Sorry, I just didn't post it since there was no new data.-


I assume by "the normal loop" you mean
for i = 1 to activesheet.chartobjects.count
although most people might consider "For..Each" as the "normal" way to
loop
objects.

Are you absolutely sure the dubug results are different with the
different
methods of looping.

Here's yet another way you can loop your charts

Sub test()
Dim shp As Shape, chtObj As ChartObject, cht As Chart
For Each shp In ActiveSheet.Shapes
If shp.Type = msoChart Then
i = i + 1
Set chtObj = shp.DrawingObject
Set cht = chtObj.Chart
Debug.Print i, chtObj.Name, cht.Name
End If
Next
End Sub

I would not expect this to work differently to a For i = 1 to
..Chartobjects.Count loop

From what you have described about chartobjects having been renamed and

copied I'm not surprised your For Each loop has failed to reference all

correctly.

I know it might seem odd but actually, as your subject line suggests,
there
can be a bug of sorts when looping For Each with any object type at the

'DrawingObject' level; of which ChartObject is a sub type. Apart from
picking up the wrong object, in the case of duplicate names, names that

include punctuation can be missed completely. Remember, we are talking

about ChartObject name here, which is not (normally) same as
chartobject.Chart.Name (though chartObject & Shape names will be the
same).

Regards,
Peter T

"bart13" wrote in message
...

It was meaningful to me in the sense that it displayed exactly what I
was expecting. Charts are just plain being missed in the loop, no
matter how the loop is constructed or even if the if statement is
removed. The ChartObjects are getting corrupted when renamed, and its
pretty consistent.

I did try the normal loop based on max chart count and the results

were
the same. Sorry, I just didn't post it since there was no new data.

Thanks for clarifying on the grouping. I've seen it on one of the
properties menus but never took it any further since I seldom use any
extra chart elements like text boxes, etc.

I hope Mr. Peltier jumps in with an idea or two. I'm at my wits end.

It seems that every time I copy a chart now and then rename it, the
ChartObject gets corrupted and will never again be seen by any loop.

If
I don't rename it and just translate the "Chart ###" name to my own
filename in a select case statement, all is well.

I've even tried deleting about 30 of the extra charts in the main

chart
tab on the theory that there's some unknown limit I've exceeded, but

it
made no difference.

bart13







--
bart13



  #14  
Old June 14th, 2008, 12:36 AM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
bart13[_6_]
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Posts: 1
Default Bug with Chart.Name?


The email with a link to the workbook will be on the way soon. The week
was too wild to get it to you sooner.

I did not try the .Shapes loop yet, but don't have much hope for it.

Thanks,
bart13

Peter T;678958 Wrote: [color=blue][i]
I really would expect both the "for i = 1 to .chartobjects.count" and
the
For each shp in .Shapes loop (with if msoChart test) to work
correctly.
Possibly there's something else in your own code at fault, or some
other bug
that we have all missed.

If you like you can send me a zipped stripped down non-sensitive
version of
what you have. Make a copy of your book, prune as much as possible in
terms
of data, charts, sheets and not least code; leaving just enough to
demonstrate the problem.

Regards,
Peter T
pmbthornton gmail com

"bart13" wrote in message
...-

Yes - very much so. The straight loop (as in "for i = 1 to
activesheet.chartobjects.count" ) has wrong results, just like

every
other attempt and regardless of whether the if test was being used

or
not. There are 6 charts on the tab, only three show up in both the
actual text file and the debug print statement.

No matter what the code is, charts are being skipped.

To state it another way, Pict.Name and Pict.Chart.Name return the

exact
same matching values - every time. But both only return three names

and
there are six charts, and all six have unique names in the name box.

No matter if I look at the output in the text file or from the debug
print statement, its the same issue. Six charts in the tab, only

three
recognized.


And I do betray my ancient status as a coder. The last time I did

any
Basic coding, there was no such thing as a for each loop so the "for

i
= 1 to ..." is normal to me.

I did double check the name box again for all six charts, and all

the
names are both unique and do not contain punctuation either (unless

an
underscore is considered punctuation).

I'm obviously missing something since it appears you're saying I

have
dupe names, but I have no way of which I'm aware to change the
duplicate ones nor is there any code that I can run which will
distinguish the dupes.

The only way that works on new copied charts is not to change the

name
but rather hard code it into a select case set of statements based

on
the "Chart ###" name.

Are you saying that this is expected behavior and an open and old

bug
(or something similar), and that I should just continue to do the

hard
coding and work around? I'm not trying to be accusatory, just in

case.

Regards,
bart


Peter T;678438 Wrote:--
I did try the normal loop based on max chart count and the

results-
were--
the same. Sorry, I just didn't post it since there was no new

data.--

I assume by "the normal loop" you mean
for i = 1 to activesheet.chartobjects.count
although most people might consider "For..Each" as the "normal" way

to
loop
objects.

Are you absolutely sure the dubug results are different with the
different
methods of looping.

Here's yet another way you can loop your charts

Sub test()
Dim shp As Shape, chtObj As ChartObject, cht As Chart
For Each shp In ActiveSheet.Shapes
If shp.Type = msoChart Then
i = i + 1
Set chtObj = shp.DrawingObject
Set cht = chtObj.Chart
Debug.Print i, chtObj.Name, cht.Name
End If
Next
End Sub

I would not expect this to work differently to a For i = 1 to
..Chartobjects.Count loop

From what you have described about chartobjects having been renamed

and

copied I'm not surprised your For Each loop has failed to reference

all

correctly.

I know it might seem odd but actually, as your subject line

suggests,
there
can be a bug of sorts when looping For Each with any object type at

the

'DrawingObject' level; of which ChartObject is a sub type. Apart

from
picking up the wrong object, in the case of duplicate names, names

that

include punctuation can be missed completely. Remember, we are

talking

about ChartObject name here, which is not (normally) same as
chartobject.Chart.Name (though chartObject & Shape names will be

the
same).

Regards,
Peter T

"bart13" wrote in message
...-

It was meaningful to me in the sense that it displayed exactly

what I
was expecting. Charts are just plain being missed in the loop,

no
matter how the loop is constructed or even if the if statement

is
removed. The ChartObjects are getting corrupted when renamed, and

its
pretty consistent.

I did try the normal loop based on max chart count and the

results-
were-
the same. Sorry, I just didn't post it since there was no new

data.

Thanks for clarifying on the grouping. I've seen it on one of

the
properties menus but never took it any further since I seldom use

any
extra chart elements like text boxes, etc.

I hope Mr. Peltier jumps in with an idea or two. I'm at my wits

end.

It seems that every time I copy a chart now and then rename it,

the
ChartObject gets corrupted and will never again be seen by any

loop.-
If-
I don't rename it and just translate the "Chart ###" name to my

own
filename in a select case statement, all is well.

I've even tried deleting about 30 of the extra charts in the

main-
chart-
tab on the theory that there's some unknown limit I've exceeded,

but-
it-
made no difference.

bart13

-
-





--
bart13-





--
bart13
  #15  
Old June 14th, 2008, 10:59 AM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
Peter T
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 127
Default Bug with Chart.Name?

OK I got it, the stripped down version of only 14Mg !

The problem was easy to find, it was due to exactly one of the potential
reasons I predicted when looping For Each ChartObject (or any drawing object
type), specifically

in a reply to you
" names that include punctuation can be missed completely. "

and in my reply to Jon
" Further, For Each Drawingobject can entirely fail to reference any names
with punctuation, eg "MyChart.1". "

You have three chartobject names like this
"dow_gold_oil_crb1900-current"
note the - dash !

Solution is either rename those objects or change your loop For Each
Chartobject loop to either of the other loop methods I've suggested many
times in this thread.

For i = 1 to ws.ChartObjects.Count
Set chtObj = ws.ChartObjects(i)

or
For Each shp in ws.Shapes
If shp.Type = msoChart then
'etc

I'd use the index method.

BTW, in your file I see you tried in a test macro to implement an index
style loop. Unfortunately you did it like this

For Counter = 1 to ws.ChartObjects.Count
' do stuff
Counter = Counter + 1
Next

So your loop would only process every other chart !

Regards,
Peter T



"bart13" wrote in message
...[color=blue][i]

The email with a link to the workbook will be on the way soon. The week
was too wild to get it to you sooner.

I did not try the .Shapes loop yet, but don't have much hope for it.

Thanks,
bart13

Peter T;678958 Wrote:
I really would expect both the "for i = 1 to .chartobjects.count" and
the
For each shp in .Shapes loop (with if msoChart test) to work
correctly.
Possibly there's something else in your own code at fault, or some
other bug
that we have all missed.

If you like you can send me a zipped stripped down non-sensitive
version of
what you have. Make a copy of your book, prune as much as possible in
terms
of data, charts, sheets and not least code; leaving just enough to
demonstrate the problem.

Regards,
Peter T
pmbthornton gmail com

"bart13" wrote in message
...-

Yes - very much so. The straight loop (as in "for i = 1 to
activesheet.chartobjects.count" ) has wrong results, just like

every
other attempt and regardless of whether the if test was being used

or
not. There are 6 charts on the tab, only three show up in both the
actual text file and the debug print statement.

No matter what the code is, charts are being skipped.

To state it another way, Pict.Name and Pict.Chart.Name return the

exact
same matching values - every time. But both only return three names

and
there are six charts, and all six have unique names in the name box.

No matter if I look at the output in the text file or from the debug
print statement, its the same issue. Six charts in the tab, only

three
recognized.


And I do betray my ancient status as a coder. The last time I did

any
Basic coding, there was no such thing as a for each loop so the "for

i
= 1 to ..." is normal to me.

I did double check the name box again for all six charts, and all

the
names are both unique and do not contain punctuation either (unless

an
underscore is considered punctuation).

I'm obviously missing something since it appears you're saying I

have
dupe names, but I have no way of which I'm aware to change the
duplicate ones nor is there any code that I can run which will
distinguish the dupes.

The only way that works on new copied charts is not to change the

name
but rather hard code it into a select case set of statements based

on
the "Chart ###" name.

Are you saying that this is expected behavior and an open and old

bug
(or something similar), and that I should just continue to do the

hard
coding and work around? I'm not trying to be accusatory, just in

case.

Regards,
bart


Peter T;678438 Wrote:--
I did try the normal loop based on max chart count and the

results-
were--
the same. Sorry, I just didn't post it since there was no new

data.--

I assume by "the normal loop" you mean
for i = 1 to activesheet.chartobjects.count
although most people might consider "For..Each" as the "normal" way

to
loop
objects.

Are you absolutely sure the dubug results are different with the
different
methods of looping.

Here's yet another way you can loop your charts

Sub test()
Dim shp As Shape, chtObj As ChartObject, cht As Chart
For Each shp In ActiveSheet.Shapes
If shp.Type = msoChart Then
i = i + 1
Set chtObj = shp.DrawingObject
Set cht = chtObj.Chart
Debug.Print i, chtObj.Name, cht.Name
End If
Next
End Sub

I would not expect this to work differently to a For i = 1 to
..Chartobjects.Count loop

From what you have described about chartobjects having been renamed

and

copied I'm not surprised your For Each loop has failed to reference

all

correctly.

I know it might seem odd but actually, as your subject line

suggests,
there
can be a bug of sorts when looping For Each with any object type at

the

'DrawingObject' level; of which ChartObject is a sub type. Apart

from
picking up the wrong object, in the case of duplicate names, names

that

include punctuation can be missed completely. Remember, we are

talking

about ChartObject name here, which is not (normally) same as
chartobject.Chart.Name (though chartObject & Shape names will be

the
same).

Regards,
Peter T

"bart13" wrote in message
...-

It was meaningful to me in the sense that it displayed exactly

what I
was expecting. Charts are just plain being missed in the loop,

no
matter how the loop is constructed or even if the if statement

is
removed. The ChartObjects are getting corrupted when renamed, and

its
pretty consistent.

I did try the normal loop based on max chart count and the

results-
were-
the same. Sorry, I just didn't post it since there was no new

data.

Thanks for clarifying on the grouping. I've seen it on one of

the
properties menus but never took it any further since I seldom use

any
extra chart elements like text boxes, etc.

I hope Mr. Peltier jumps in with an idea or two. I'm at my wits

end.

It seems that every time I copy a chart now and then rename it,

the
ChartObject gets corrupted and will never again be seen by any

loop.-
If-
I don't rename it and just translate the "Chart ###" name to my

own
filename in a select case statement, all is well.

I've even tried deleting about 30 of the extra charts in the

main-
chart-
tab on the theory that there's some unknown limit I've exceeded,

but-
it-
made no difference.

bart13

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  #16  
Old June 14th, 2008, 02:34 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
Peter T
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Posts: 127
Default Bug with Chart.Name?

I also tried to reply to your off-line email but it bounced back. If you
don't get the second attempt maybe contact me again with a different email
address.

Regards,
Peter T


  #17  
Old June 14th, 2008, 10:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.charting
bart13[_7_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1
Default Bug with Chart.Name?


Bingo.

Wow - a dash was the basic reason for the skipping! I never would have
figured that it was considered as punctuation, especially since an
underscore is fine... live & learn as they say.
Every O/S and language has quirks and as I've said, this was my first
VBA work ever and first Basic coding since the late '80s. Most of my
experience since the late '80s and until I retired from Disney in 2004
was as a DBA, sysadmin, *nix script jockey and mainly a Data
Architect.

Anyhow, I've changed the production code to use a counter based loop
and also added a new variable for it. That duplicate use of the Counter
variable does not exist in the production code, and was inadvertently
not commented out before sending you the file.

By the way, the full size version of that workbook is about 210MB
zipped, 640MB on disk and well over 1GB in memory. Whenever some extra
round tuits come in, I'll be exporting most of the raw data to a
database but the site has been growing so fast that the time just
hasn't been available.


Thanks very much for your patience with me, and the "above & beyond"
help. Great board for some of us that don't understand and are unaware
of specialized info.

Regards,
bart13

Peter T;680285 Wrote: [color=blue][i]
OK I got it, the stripped down version of only 14Mg !

The problem was easy to find, it was due to exactly one of the
potential
reasons I predicted when looping For Each ChartObject (or any drawing
object
type), specifically

in a reply to you
" names that include punctuation can be missed completely. "

and in my reply to Jon
" Further, For Each Drawingobject can entirely fail to reference any
names
with punctuation, eg "MyChart.1". "

You have three chartobject names like this
"dow_gold_oil_crb1900-current"
note the - dash !

Solution is either rename those objects or change your loop For Each
Chartobject loop to either of the other loop methods I've suggested
many
times in this thread.

For i = 1 to ws.ChartObjects.Count
Set chtObj = ws.ChartObjects(i)

or
For Each shp in ws.Shapes
If shp.Type = msoChart then
'etc

I'd use the index method.

BTW, in your file I see you tried in a test macro to implement an
index
style loop. Unfortunately you did it like this

For Counter = 1 to ws.ChartObjects.Count
' do stuff
Counter = Counter + 1
Next

So your loop would only process every other chart !

Regards,
Peter T



"bart13" wrote in message
...-

The email with a link to the workbook will be on the way soon. The

week[color=green][i]
was too wild to get it to you sooner.

I did not try the .Shapes loop yet, but don't have much hope for it.

Thanks,
bart13

Peter T;678958 Wrote:
I really would expect both the "for i = 1 to .chartobjects.count"

and
the
For each shp in .Shapes loop (with if msoChart test) to work
correctly.
Possibly there's something else in your own code at fault, or some
other bug
that we have all missed.

If you like you can send me a zipped stripped down non-sensitive
version of
what you have. Make a copy of your book, prune as much as possible

in[color=green][i]
terms
of data, charts, sheets and not least code; leaving just enough to
demonstrate the problem.

Regards,
Peter T
pmbthornton gmail com

"bart13" wrote in message
...-

Yes - very much so. The straight loop (as in "for i = 1 to
activesheet.chartobjects.count" ) has wrong results, just like-
every-
other attempt and regardless of whether the if test was being

used-
or-
not. There are 6 charts on the tab, only three show up in both

the
actual text file and the debug print statement.

No matter what the code is, charts are being skipped.

To state it another way, Pict.Name and Pict.Chart.Name return

the-
exact-
same matching values - every time. But both only return three

names-
and-
there are six charts, and all six have unique names in the name

box.

No matter if I look at the output in the text file or from the

debug
print statement, its the same issue. Six charts in the tab,

only-
three-
recognized.


And I do betray my ancient status as a coder. The last time I

did-
any-
Basic coding, there was no such thing as a for each loop so the

"for-
i-
= 1 to ..." is normal to me.

I did double check the name box again for all six charts, and

all-
the-
names are both unique and do not contain punctuation either

(unless-
an-
underscore is considered punctuation).

I'm obviously missing something since it appears you're saying

I-
have-
dupe names, but I have no way of which I'm aware to change the
duplicate ones nor is there any code that I can run which will
distinguish the dupes.

The only way that works on new copied charts is not to change

the-
name-
but rather hard code it into a select case set of statements

based-
on-
the "Chart ###" name.

Are you saying that this is expected behavior and an open and

old-
bug-
(or something similar), and that I should just continue to do

the-
hard-
coding and work around? I'm not trying to be accusatory, just

in-
case.-

Regards,
bart


Peter T;678438 Wrote:--
I did try the normal loop based on max chart count and the-
results--
were--
the same. Sorry, I just didn't post it since there was no

new-
data.---

I assume by "the normal loop" you mean
for i = 1 to activesheet.chartobjects.count
although most people might consider "For..Each" as the "normal"

way-
to-
loop
objects.

Are you absolutely sure the dubug results are different with

the
different
methods of looping.

Here's yet another way you can loop your charts

Sub test()
Dim shp As Shape, chtObj As ChartObject, cht As Chart
For Each shp In ActiveSheet.Shapes
If shp.Type = msoChart Then
i = i + 1
Set chtObj = shp.DrawingObject
Set cht = chtObj.Chart
Debug.Print i, chtObj.Name, cht.Name
End If
Next
End Sub

I would not expect this to work differently to a For i = 1 to
..Chartobjects.Count loop

From what you have described about chartobjects having been

renamed-
and-

copied I'm not surprised your For Each loop has failed to

reference-
all-

correctly.

I know it might seem odd but actually, as your subject line-
suggests,-
there
can be a bug of sorts when looping For Each with any object

type at-
the-

'DrawingObject' level; of which ChartObject is a sub type.

Apart-
from-
picking up the wrong object, in the case of duplicate names,

names-
that-

include punctuation can be missed completely. Remember, we

are-
talking-

about ChartObject name here, which is not (normally) same as
chartobject.Chart.Name (though chartObject & Shape names will

be-
the
same).

Regards,
Peter T






--
bart13
 




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