XL2000: Border Color of Lines Returns Incorrect RGB Value When Border Color Is Set to Automatic

When you use the Color property to return the border color of a series in a Microsoft Excel 2000 line chart, Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications always returns the RGB value 0 (black) if the border color is set to Automatic.

For example, if the border color is automatic, the following code returns the RGB value 0 for the Color property of Series 1 in a line chart, even if the actual displayed color is not black:

To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a).

To obtain SR-1/SR-1a, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.