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7.3.4 CHSOURCELINK Block
The CHSOURCELINK Block contains the link to source data in a sheet. It is used to specify the source data for data
series (values, category names, series title, bubble sizes), to specify a fixed string for a text box (chart title, axis titles),
or to link such a text box to a cell in the document.
• Linked Cell Range or Cell Range List
Structure of the CHSOURCELINK Block for linked ranges:
● CHSOURCELINK ➜7.12
● CHBEGIN (BIFF3-BIFF4 only) ➜7.8
○ ●● CHMULTILINK (BIFF3-BIFF4 only)
● CHEND (BIFF3-BIFF4 only) ➜7.9
• Text Box or Series Title
If this block is used for a text box or series title, the CHSTRING record contains the fixed string data, if not linked, or
the last received string data from the link. The block block does not contain CHBEGIN and CHEND records. If there is
no text, the CHSTRING record will be omitted.
Structure of the CHSOURCELINK Block for a fixed text or a link to a single text cell:
● CHSOURCELINK ➜7.12
○ CHSTRING ➜7.13
7.3.5 CHTEXT Block
The CHTEXT Block describes position, formatting, and contents of a text box in the chart, for instance the chart title,
axis titles, the legend, or data point labels.
Structure of the CHTEXT Block:
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CHTEXT
● CHBEGIN ➜7.8
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CHPOS
CHFONT
CHFORMATRUNS
○ CHSOURCELINK Block ➜7.3.4
○ CHFRAME Block ➜7.3.3
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CHOBJECTLINK
● CHEND ➜7.9
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