DeleteCategory

Description

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

Context

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.

Returns

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

Examples

Example 1

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