Color (Property)

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Font variable
Color of the icon bar of the window
Color of an edit control
Text color in a Static control
Text color of a Button control
Color of the text in a Radio Button or Check Box control
Color of the text in 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 is used to get or change the font color for:

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").

Remark: A Font variable is black by default.

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

Finding out 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.

<Element used>: Control name or Font variable

Name of element for which the text color must be found. This element can correspond to:
the name of a control in a window or in a page.
the name of a report control.
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 element for which the text color must be modified. This element can correspond to:
the name of a control in a window or in a page.
the name of a report control.
name of a variable of type Font.

<New color>: Integer or constant

New color for 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.
the Charset, Orientation, StrikeOut, Color, Bold, Italic, CharacterSpacing, LineSpacing, Name, Underline, Size and SizeUnit properties.
Only the following properties can be used with the Font type: Orientation, StrikeOut, Color, Bold, Italic, Name, Underline, Size.

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).

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.

Color of the icon bar of the window

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

Color of an edit control

The Color property is used to get and change the color of the text entered in a control.

Text color in a Static control

The Color property is used to get and change the text color of a Static control.

Text color of a Button control

The Color property is used to get and change the text color of a Button control.

Color of the text in a Radio Button or Check Box control

The Color property is used to get and change the text color of all the options of a Radio Button or Check Box control.

Color of the text in a List Box or Combo Box control

The Color property is used to get and change the text color of all the options in a List Box control.

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

LIST_List1[2].Color = LightGreen

Caution: In List Box controls, the new color is kept for the visible rows only.

Color of a TreeView control

The Color property is used to get and change the color of all the labels displayed in a TreeView control.

To find out or modify the text color of an option in the TreeView control, specify the element with 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 find out or modify the text color of an option in a Table control, specify the cell with the following syntax: TableName[RowNum][ColumnNum].
For example, the following code is used to modify the color of the text displayed in the cell on the first row, second column:
TABLE_Table1[1][2].Color = DarkBlue

To find out or modify the text color of a row in a Table control, specify the row with 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 keep the text color when selecting a row in a Table control based on a data file, simply use the Color property in the "Select a row" event.

Color of a ListView control

The Color property is used to get and change the color of all the labels displayed in a ListView control.

To find out or modify the text color of an option in the ListView control, specify the element with the following syntax: ListViewName[RowNum].

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

LSV_ListView1[2].Color = LightGreen

Caution: In ListView controls, the new color is kept for the visible rows only.

Color of an Image control

The Color property is used to get and change 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:

// Modifies the color of the caption for pane 1
TAB_MyTab[1].Color = LightRed

Color of a Sidebar control

The Color property is used to get and change 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 with the following elements:

Button control.
Static 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.