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Creates an empty ChartData-Object, prepared to hold the numeric data and properties related to the numeric data. The ChartData object stores the numeric data of a chart. You can create multiple charts of different Chart-Types (like: Line Chart, Bar Chart, Pie Chart, etc.) out of one ChartData object. All charts which is assigned the same ChartData object, will display the same ChartData in a different style.

VpeHandle VpeChartDataCreate(

VpeHandle hDoc,

int columns,

int rows

)

VpeHandle hDoc

Document Handle

int columns

number of columns that shall be reserved

int rows

number of rows that shall be reserved

Returns:

The handle of the created ChartData object.

Example:

VpeHandle hData

hData = VpeChartDataCreate(hDoc, 2, 4)

Creates a ChartData object with two columns (for example Apples and Bananas), where each column can hold 4 numeric data values ( = rows).