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Looking for some help with embedding a chart in an excel worksheet. I have played with an example I found in the forums which works great, but the chart is in a chart sheet and I need to display it on the worksheet over a range of cells where the starting row of the chart will vary depending on the rows of data the script inserts. I have only recently started using Autoit and its been great, i've managed to extract data from an old database system a friend is using and put it into a mysql database, created some GUI's to view data and export to excel, hasnt been too hard so far, but I just cant figure out how to get the chart where I want it. I have found some VBS code that gives me some clues, but I dont know VBS. I have trawled through Randallc's Excelcom but cant figure it out yet, although I managed to figure out cell sizing, colours and borders, font sizes etc.

This is the example I have been using:

$EA=ObjCreate("Excel.Application")

$EA.Workbooks.Add

$EA.Worksheets(3).Delete

$EA.Worksheets(2).Delete

For $I=1 To 20

For $J=1 To 20

$EA.Cells($I,$J).Value=Random(1,20,1)

Next

Next

$EA.Range("A1:T20").Select

$EA.Charts.Add()

$EA.ActiveChart.HasTitle=TRUE

$EA.ActiveChart.ChartTitle.Characters.Text="20 by 20 Random Numbers 1 to 20"

$EA.ActiveChart.ChartType=62

$EA.Visible = True

msgbox(4096,"Excel Chart","Click OK When Done...")

$EA.Quit

$Tit="Microsoft Excel"

Opt("WinTitleMatchMode",3)

WinWait($Tit)

ControlClick($Tit,"","[iD:7]")

this is the bit of VBS I found at http://peltiertech.com/Excel/ChartsHowTo/ResizeAndMoveAChart.html

Sub CoverRangeWithAChart()

Dim RngToCover As Range

Dim ChtOb As ChartObject

Set RngToCover = ActiveSheet.Range("D5:J19")

Set ChtOb = ActiveChart.Parent

ChtOb.Height = RngToCover.Height ' resize

ChtOb.Width = RngToCover.Width ' resize

ChtOb.Top = RngToCover.Top ' reposition

ChtOb.Left = RngToCover.Left ' reposition

End Sub

but I think the chart sheet is a different object than the ChartObject

any help to point me in the right direction would be great

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In case anyone else is interested this works

$oExcel=ObjCreate("Excel.Application")
$oExcel.Workbooks.Add
$oExcel.Worksheets(3).Delete
$oExcel.Worksheets(2).Delete
$wsheet ="Sheet1"
For $I=1 To 20
For $J=1 To 20
$oExcel.Cells($I,$J).Value=Random(1,20,1)
Next
Next
$oExcel.Range("A1:T20").Select
$oExcel.Charts.Add()
$oExcel.ActiveChart.HasTitle=TRUE
$oExcel.ActiveChart.ChartTitle.Characters.Text="20 by 20 Random Numbers 1 to 20"
$oExcel.ActiveChart.ChartType=51
$oExcel.ActiveChart.Location (2, $wsheet) ;xlLocationAsObject
    With $oExcel.ActiveChart.Parent
        .Top = $oExcel.ActiveSheet.Range("A21:T50").Top
        .Left = $oExcel.ActiveSheet.Range("A21:T50").Left
        .Height = $oExcel.ActiveSheet.Range("A21:T50").Height
        .Width = $oExcel.ActiveSheet.Range("A21:T50").Width
     EndWith
$oExcel.Visible = True
msgbox(4096,"Excel Chart","Click OK When Done...")
$oExcel.Quit
$Tit="Microsoft Excel"
Opt("WinTitleMatchMode",3)
WinWait($Tit)
ControlClick($Tit,"","[ID:7]")

anyone know how I can do this using R1C1 ?

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