Color (Property)

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Font variable
Window icon bar color
Color of an Edit control
Text color in a Static Text control
Text color of a Button control
Text color of a Radio Button or Check Box control
Text color of a List Box or Combo Box control
Color of a TreeView control
Text color of a cell, row or column in a Table control
Color of a ListView control
Color of an Image control
Color of the tabs in a Tab control
Color of a Sidebar control
Color of a Bar Code control
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Color (Property)

In french: Couleur

The Color property gets or sets the font color of:

a variable of type Font.
text displayed in a Static or Calculated control of a report.
text displayed in a window control.
text displayed in a page control.
text in a menu option.

The effects of the Color property depend on the type of control (for more details, see "Remarks").

Note: By default, the color of a Font variable is black.

Example

// The text color is modified according to the displayed value
IF EDT_Total>15000 THEN
EDT_Total.Color = LightRed
END

// Define the characteristics of a Font variable
Font1 is Font
Font1.Name = "Arial"
Font1.Color = LightYellow
Font1.Size = 14
Font1.SizeUnit = unitPoint
Font1.Orientation = 45
// Apply the font to "MyControl"
MyControl.Font = Font1

Syntax

Getting the text color Hide the details

<Result> = <Element used>.Color

<Result>: Integer or constant

Color of the specified element. This color can correspond to:
an RGB color (returned by RGB),
a preset color.
The color is returned as a string by the browser.

<Element used>: Control name or Font variable

Name of the element for which you want to get the text color. This element can correspond to:
name of a control in a window or page.
name of a control in a report.
name of a variable of type Font.

Changing the text color Hide the details

<Element used>.Color = <New color>

<Element used>: Control name or Font variable

Name of the element for which you want to change the text color. This element can correspond to:
name of a control in a window or page.
name of a control in a report.
name of a variable of type Font.

<New color>: Integer or constant

New color of the specified element. This color can correspond to:
an RGB color (returned by RGB),
an HSL color (returned by HSL),
a preset color.

Remarks

Font variable

A font can be created from a Font variable.

To define the font characteristics, use:

the FontCreate function.
This function is not available.
the Charset, Orientation, StrikeOut, Color, Bold, Italic, CharacterSpacing, LineSpacing, Name, Underline, Size and SizeUnit properties.
The Charset and Orientation properties are not available for Font variables.

This font can be used:

To write text in drawings (dFont).
To write in charts (grLabelFont, grLegendFont, grTitleFont and grAxisTitleFont).
To print (iFont).
In the controls of a window (Font property).
In the controls of a report (Font property).

This font can only be used in the controls of a window (Font property).

Assigning a font to a control:

if the Font variable has no specific color, the color of the text displayed in the control is kept.
if the Font variable has a specific color, this color is applied to the text displayed in the control.

Window icon bar color

If the window is an "MDI parent" window, the Color property gets and sets the icon bar color.
The Color property is ignored if the window is not an "MDI parent" window.

Color of an Edit control

The Color property can be used to identify and modify the color of text entered.

Text color in a Static Text control

The Color property lets you identify and modify the text color of a Static Text control.

Text color of a Button control

The Color property lets you identify and modify the color of the text in a Button field.

Text color of a Radio Button or Check Box control

The Color property can be used to identify and modify the text color of all Radio Button control and Check Box control options.

Text color of a List Box or Combo Box control

The Color property gets and sets the text color of all the options of a List Box control.

To get or change the text color of an option in a List Box control, specify the desired option using the following syntax: ListName[RowNum].
For example, the following code applies a green color to the text of the second row of the List Box control:

LIST_List1[2].Color = LightGreen

Attention: For lines in a List Box control, the new color is retained only for visible lines..

Color of a TreeView control

The Color property gets and sets the color of all the labels displayed in a TreeView control.

To get or change the text color of an option in the TreeView control, specify the desired option using one of the following syntaxes:

TreeViewName[RowNum]
TreeViewName[<Element path>] where Element path is a character string in the following format:
"<Root name>" + TAB + ["<Name of 1st node>" + TAB +...
["<Name of 2nd node>" + TAB + [...]]]"<Leaf name>"
Examples:

TREE_TreeView2[2].Color = LightGreen // Colors the second row green

TREE_MyTreeView["Recipe" + TAB + "Dessert"].Color = LightRed

Text color of a cell, row or column in a Table control

To get or change the text color of a cell in a Table control, specify the desired cell using the following syntax: TableName[RowNum][ColumnNum].
For example, the following code changes the text color in the cell on row 1, column 2:
TABLE_Table1[1][2].Color = DarkBlue

To get or change the text color of a row in a Table control, specify the desired row using the following syntax: TableName[RowNum].
To get or change the text color of a column in a Table control, simply use the Color property with the column name.

Caution: To preserve text color when selecting a line in a Table based on a data file field, you need to use the Color property in the "Select table line" event..

The Color property is available in browser code only for Table controls in "Browser" mode on:

Table rows (browser).
Table columns (browser).
Table cells (browser).

This property is not available in browser code for Table controls in "Server" or "Server + AJAX" mode.

Color of a ListView control

The Color property gets and sets the color of all the labels displayed in a ListView control.

To get or change the text color of an option in the ListView control, specify the desired option using the following syntax: ListViewName[RowNum].

For example, the following code applies a green color to the text of the second row of the ListView control:

LSI_ListeImage1[2].Color = LightGreen

Attention: For List Box control lines, the new color is retained only for visible lines.

Color of an Image control

The Color property gets and sets the background color of an Image control.

Color of the tabs in a Tab control

When used on a Tab control, the Color property allows you to get and change the background color of the tabs.

When used on a tab, the Color property allows you to get and change the text color of the tabs.

For example:

// Changes the text color of tab 1
TAB_MyTab[1].Color = LightRed

Color of a Sidebar control

The Color property gets and sets the background color of the sidebar panes.

Color of a Bar Code control

The Color property gets and sets the color used to draw the bar code.

Limitations

Limitations on report controls
The Color property has no effect on:

Image controls.
Bar Code controls.
RTF controls.
Check Box controls.
Chart controls.
Signature controls.
reports.
report blocks.

Limitations on controls in WINDEV windows
The Color property has no effect on the following controls:

HTML controls,
Web Camera controls,
supercontrols,
Slider controls.

The Color property can only be used in the following controls:

Edit controls.
List Box controls.
Combo Box controls.
Static Text controls.
elements of a List Box control.
elements of a Combo Box control.
HTML Static controls.
3-state Button controls.
formatted display controls.
browser table rows.
browser table columns.
browser table cells.

The Color property can only be used with the following elements:

Button control.
Static Text control.
Edit control.
Image control.
Check Box control.
Radio Button control.
List Box control.
Combo Box control.
TreeView control.
Tab control.
Window.
Table control.
Table column.

The Color property can only be used with the following elements:

Button control.
Static Text control.
Image control.

The Color property can only be used with the following elements:

Static Text control.
Image control.
Window.