DeleteCategory

Description

Deletes a category and the data values for that category from the category axis of a graph.

Graph controls in windows and user objects. Does not apply to graphs within DataWindow objects (because their data comes directly from the DataWindow).

Syntax

controlname.DeleteCategory ( categoryvalue )

Argument

Description

controlname

The graph in which you want to delete a category.

categoryvalue

A value that is the category you want to delete from controlname. The value you specify must be the same datatype as the datatype of the category axis.


Return value

Integer.

Returns 1 if it succeeds and -1 if an error occurs. If any argument's value is null, DeleteCategory returns null.

Examples

These statements delete the category whose name is entered in the SingleLineEdit sle_delete from the graph gr_product_data:

string CategName
CategName = sle_delete.Text
gr_product_data.DeleteCategory(CategName)

See also

DeleteData

DeleteSeries