Color (Property)

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Font variable
Color of the icon bar of the window
Color of an edit control
Color of text in a Static control
Color of the text in a button
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 a Tab control
Color of a Sidebar control
Color of a Bar Code control
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Color (Property)

In french: Couleur

..Color is used to find out and modify the font color for:

a Font variable.
a text displayed in a Static control or in a Calculated control of a report.
a text displayed in a window control.
a text displayed in a page control.
Versions 16 and later
a caption of a menu option.
New in version 16
a caption of a menu option.
a caption of a menu option.

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

Remark: A Font variable is black by default.

Versions 18 and later

This property is now available in Windows Store Apps mode.

New in version 18

This property is now available in Windows Store Apps mode.

Versions 21 and later

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 21

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Versions 22 and later

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode for Font variables.

New in version 22

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode for Font variables.

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..Size = 14
Font1..Color = LightYellow
// 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 specified element. This color can correspond to:
an RGB color (returned by RGB),
a preset color.

<Element used>: Name of control 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.
the name of a Font variable.

Modifying the text color Hide the details

<Element used>..Color = <New color>

<Element used>: Name of control 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.
the name of a Font variable.

<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,
..Charset, ..Orientation, ..StrikeOut, ..Condensed, ..Extended, ..Bold, ..Italic, ..Large, ..Name, ..Underline and ..Size.
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 of controls in a window).
In the controls of a report (..Font property of controls in a report).

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 an "MDI parent" window, ..Color is used to find out and modify the color of the icon bar of the window.
..Color is ignored if the window is not an "MDI parent" window.

Color of an edit control

..Color is used to find out and modify the color of the text typed.

Color of text in a Static control

..Color is used to find out and modify the color of the text found in a Static control.

Color of the text in a button

..Color is used to find out and modify the color of the text found in a button.

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

..Color is used to find out and modify the color of the text for all the options found in a Radio Button or Check Box control.

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

..Color is used to find out and modify the color of the text for all the options found in a list box.

To find out or modify the text color of an option in the list box, 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

..Color is used to find out and modify the color of all the captions 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:

"<Name of root>" + TAB + ["<Name of 1st node>" + TAB +...
["<Name of 2nd node>" + TAB + [...]]]"<Leaf name>"

Examples:

TREE_TreeView2[2]..Color = LightGreen // Colors the second row in 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 find out and modify the text color of a column in a Table control, use ..Color with the name of the column.

Caution: To keep the text color when selecting a row in a browsing Table control, ..Color must be used in the event "Selecting a table row".

Color of a ListView control

..Color is used to find out and modify the color of all the captions 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

..Color is used to find out and modify the background color of an Image control.

Color of a Tab control

Used on a Tab control, ..Color is used to find out and modify the background color of the tabs.

Used on a tab pane, ..Color is used to find out and modify the color of the caption displayed in the tab pane.

For example:

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

Color of a Sidebar control

..Color is used to find out and modify the background color of the sidebar panes.

Color of a Bar Code control

..Color is used to find out and modify the color used for the drawing of the bar code.

Limits

Limitations on report controls
..Color has no effect on:

Image controls.
Bar Code controls.
RTF controls.
Check Box controls.
Chart controls.
Versions 21 and later
Signature controls.
New in version 21
Signature controls.
Signature controls.
reports.
report blocks.

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

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

..Color only applies to 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.