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**DiagramText(**// showtext// **)**

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| **DiagramText** | Forms the full text of a diagram's name |
| //Showtext// | Enable or suppress text to be returned. Default is TRUE. |

The **DiagramText** method forms the full text of a diagram's name. This includes any special prompt information attached to the diagram name. A diagram name is the text name assigned to a given set of the graph control's data points.

The //showtext// parameter defaults to returning the diagram name text. If the //showtext// Boolean value is set to FALSE, an empty string value is returned.

**Return Data Type:**     STRING

**Implementation:**

The **DiagramText** method is called from any method that needs to update or refresh a graph control's textual elements.

**See Also:**     [[toshowvalues show all composite text to all graph targets .htm|ToShowValues]], [[alltext return full graph text information .htm|AllText]]

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