excel-vba Charts and Charting Creating an empty Chart
Example
The starting point for the vast majority of charting code is to create an empty Chart. Note that this Chart is subject to the default chart template that is active and may not actually be empty (if the template has been modified).
The key to the ChartObject is determining its location. The syntax for the call is ChartObjects.Add(Left, Top, Width, Height). Once the ChartObject is created, you can use its Chart object to actually modify the chart. The ChartObject behaves more like a Shape to position the chart on the sheet.
Code to create an empty chart
Sub CreateEmptyChart()
'get reference to ActiveSheet
Dim sht As Worksheet
Set sht = ActiveSheet
'create a new ChartObject at position (0, 0) with width 400 and height 300
Dim chtObj As ChartObject
Set chtObj = sht.ChartObjects.Add(0, 0, 400, 300)
'get refernce to chart object
Dim cht As Chart
Set cht = chtObj.Chart
'additional code to modify the empty chart
'...
End Sub
Resulting Chart
