SAS/AF Software: Class Dictionary

Using Color in a Histogram Control

The following table lists the attributes you can use to control color in a Histogram control. For information on controlling the color in titles and footnotes, see Displaying Titles and Footnotes in a Histogram Control. For information on using color as a response variable, see Using a Color Variable in a Histogram Control.

Attribute Specifies

axisColor Color for the axis, axis labels, tick marks, and legend.

backgroundColor Color outside of the histogram axes but within the control's border

borderColor Color for the border around the control

borderTitleColor Text color for the border's title

chartBackgroundColor Color within the histogram axes

colorVariable Bar colors in the histogram

faceColorMode Whether bar colors affect the entire bar or only the bar tops

gridColor Color of the histogram's grid lines

highlightColor Color a bar turns when it is selected

missingColor Color used for bars that have a color response value that is not defined in the Range entry

Attribute	Specifies
axisColor	Color for the axis, axis labels, tick marks, and legend.
backgroundColor	Color outside of the histogram axes but within the control's border
borderColor	Color for the border around the control
borderTitleColor	Text color for the border's title
chartBackgroundColor	Color within the histogram axes
colorVariable	Bar colors in the histogram
faceColorMode	Whether bar colors affect the entire bar or only the bar tops
gridColor	Color of the histogram's grid lines
highlightColor	Color a bar turns when it is selected
missingColor	Color used for bars that have a color response value that is not defined in the Range entry

For all the attributes except colorVariable, you can specify a SAS color name like red, green, or blue. Alternatively, you can set the color to match a color value that is set in the SAS environment. For example, you can set the color to match the color used for the SAS notes that print in the Log window.

To set colors in the SAS environment, use the SASCOLORS window, which you can open with the tools menu:

Tools Options Colors

For a Histogram control named histogram1, the following code sets the backgroundColor attribute to blue:

histogram1.backgroundColor = 'blue';

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