Changing Waterfall chart colour based on point value - excel

I would like to change the colour of waterfall chart based on chart value. For example, if the value negative, put red colour. If value is positive, put green colour.
I got below code from excel vba changing bar chart color for a data point based on point value
This code works with bar chart. However, I cannot use it with waterfall as it shown error "Object doesn't support this action"
Does anyone know how to config this to use with waterfall? Any suggestion would be highly appreciated!
Thanks,
Sub color_chart()
Dim chartIterator As Integer, pointIterator As Integer, _
seriesArray() As Variant
For chartIterator = 1 To ActiveSheet.ChartObjects.Count
seriesArray = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").ChartObjects(chartIterator). _
chart.SeriesCollection(1).Values
For pointIterator = 1 To UBound(seriesArray)
If seriesArray(pointIterator) >= 0 Then
ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").ChartObjects(chartIterator). _
chart.SeriesCollection(1).Points(pointIterator).Interior.Color = _
RGB(146, 208, 80)
Else
ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").ChartObjects(chartIterator). _
chart.SeriesCollection(1).Points(pointIterator).Interior.Color = _
RGB(255, 0, 0)
End If
Next pointIterator
Next chartIterator
End Sub

Here is the code I used. It works with Waterfall
Sub cht_loop()
Dim i As Integer
Dim cht As Chart
Set cht = Sheets("sheet1").ChartObjects("Chart 10").Chart
For i = 1 To 5
If Sheets("Sheet1").Range("B" & i + 1).Value < 0 Then
With cht.SeriesCollection(1).Points(i).Format.Fill
.Visible = msoTrue
.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(192, 0, 0)
End With
Else
With cht.SeriesCollection(1).Points(i).Format.Fill
.Visible = msoTrue
.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(0, 176, 80)
End With
End If
Next i
End Sub

So, a quick example:
Just to show what I meant in my comment.

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Excel Waterfall Charts: Unable to resize plot/legend areas in VBA generated waterfall charts

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I can change the axis ranges but not the area sizes. If I change the chart type e.g. to stacked bars it works.
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Is this a known problem?
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Dim myShape As Shape
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.Top = rngToplace.Top
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.Height = 450
End With
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.Legend.Delete
.chartTitle.Text = chartTitle
.SeriesCollection.NewSeries
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I have an Excel form whose borders are in black color. I would like to change it to other color. I tried the following code:
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Thanks for Mikku's input, I got the following code to work.
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Next
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Use this:
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This loop will colour the Border Red if cell currently have any border.
For Each cel In ActiveSheet.UsedRange
If Not cel.Borders(xlEdgeLeft).LineStyle = 0 Then
cel.Borders.Color = RGB(255, 0, 0)
End If
Next
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How do I change the color of an arrow based on its label (converted to integer); say if the value of the arrow is <50; then change the color of the arrow to green?
I encountered run-time error 438:
Object doesn't support this property or method (Line 3).
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I am trying to code using vba so that a series on a chart is formatted based on certain criteria. My coding is as follows
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Unfortunately when I run it, it fails with "Object doesn't support this property or method and then when I press Debug it highlights the following line
ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(i).Points.Interior.Colour = _
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Where am I going wrong?
I appreciate any help.
just
ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(i).format.Fill.ForeColor.RGB =RGB(0, 255, 0)
The .Points() is a collection.
You will need to cycle through all its elements and change the color one by one.
The left most point is .Points(1), the right most point is .Points.count
as per: Change the Point Color in chart excel VBA
Also there is no such thing as interior colour for points.
There are 4 relevant options as per: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vba/excel-vba/articles/point-object-excel
MarkerBackgroundColor
MarkerBackgroundColorIndex
MarkerForegroundColor
MarkerForegroundColorIndex
As per comment from Jon Peltier it is not recommended to make use of the colorindex as this is a legacy from excel <2003

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