C#/Excel: Working Around Maximum Series Size On Chart

Question

I need help programatically graphing more points than can fit in a single Excel series.

According to http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HP100738491033.aspx the

Answer 1

To help anyone who comes across this in the future, here's the complete function with Jon's fix:

    public void DrawScatterGraph(string xColumnLetter, string yColumnLetterStart, string yColumnLetterStop, string xAxisLabel, string yAxisLabel, string chartTitle, Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlChartType chartType, bool includeTrendline, bool includeLegend)
    {
        int totalRows = dataSheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count; //dataSheet is a private class variable that 
                                                        //is already properly set to the worksheet
                                                        //we want to graph from

        if (totalRows < 2) throw new Exception("Not generating graph for " + chartTitle.Replace('\n', ' ') 
                                               + " because not enough data was present");

        dataSheet.get_Range("Z1", "Z2").Select();   //we need to select some empty space
                                                    //so Excel doesn't try to jam the 
                                                    //potentially large data set into the 
                                                    //chart automatically

        ChartObjects charts = (ChartObjects)dataSheet.ChartObjects(Type.Missing);
        ChartObject chartObj = charts.Add(100, 300, 500, 300);
        Chart chart = chartObj.Chart;
        chart.ChartType = chartType;
        SeriesCollection seriesCollection = (SeriesCollection)chart.SeriesCollection(Type.Missing);

        if (totalRows < SizeOfSeries) //we can graph the data in a single series - yay!
        {
            Range xValues = dataSheet.get_Range(xColumnLetter + "2", xColumnLetter + totalRows.ToString());
            Range yValues = dataSheet.get_Range(yColumnLetterStart + "1", yColumnLetterStop + totalRows.ToString());
            chart.SetSourceData(yValues, XlRowCol.xlColumns);

            foreach (Series s in seriesCollection)
            {
                s.XValues = xValues;
            }
        }
        else // we need to split the data across multiple series 
        {
            int startRow = 2; 

            while (startRow < totalRows)
            {
                int stopRow = (startRow + SizeOfSeries)-1;  
                if (stopRow > totalRows) stopRow = totalRows;

                Series s = seriesCollection.NewSeries();
                s.Name = "ChunkStartingAt" + startRow.ToString();
                s.XValues = dataSheet.get_Range(xColumnLetter + startRow.ToString(), xColumnLetter + stopRow.ToString());
                s.Values = dataSheet.get_Range(yColumnLetterStart + startRow.ToString(), yColumnLetterStop + stopRow.ToString());

                startRow = stopRow+1;
            }
        }

        chart.HasLegend = includeLegend;
        chart.HasTitle = true;
        chart.ChartTitle.Text = chartTitle;

        Axis axis;
        axis = (Axis)chart.Axes(XlAxisType.xlCategory, XlAxisGroup.xlPrimary);
        axis.HasTitle = true;
        axis.AxisTitle.Text = xAxisLabel;
        axis.HasMajorGridlines = false;
        axis.HasMinorGridlines = false;

        axis = (Axis)chart.Axes(XlAxisType.xlValue, XlAxisGroup.xlPrimary);
        axis.HasTitle = true;
        axis.AxisTitle.Text = yAxisLabel;
        axis.HasMajorGridlines = true;
        axis.HasMinorGridlines = false;

        if (includeTrendline)
        {
            Trendlines t = (Trendlines)((Series)chart.SeriesCollection(1)).Trendlines(Type.Missing);
            t.Add(XlTrendlineType.xlLinear, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, 0, 0, Type.Missing, false, false, "AutoTrendlineByChameleon");
        }

        chart.Location(XlChartLocation.xlLocationAsNewSheet, "Graph");
    }