Negative Values in the axis step?

[User (Legacy)]

I need to capture the step value of the Y axis. When  this value is set 

manually, no problem, I just access the axis step property and the value is 

what I  would expect. When the scale is set to auto, I see the number that 

the chart is using for step, but it is negative. For example, if chartfx 

autocalculates a step of 100, the step property actually says -100 when I 

evaluate it in the debugger (Delphi 5). Is this as it should be? I know that 

the auto value for step is 0, but I need the autocalculated step value to 

pass on to chartfx-independent parts of our application. 

thanks again, 

gretchen