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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

Color of the text displayed in a table cell, in a row or in a column

Color of a ListView control

Color of an Image control

Color of a Tab control

Color of a Sidebar control

Limits

See also

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).

Note: A Font variable is black by default.

Versions 16 and later

This property is now available for the Windows Phone applications.

New in version 16

This property is now available for the Windows Phone applications.

Versions 15 and later

This property is now available for the Android applications.

New in version 15

This property is now available for the Android applications.

Versions 17 and later

This property is now available for the window controls and for the Font variables in the iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 17

This property is now available for the window controls and for the Font variables in the iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 18 and later

This property is now available in Windows Store Apps mode.

This property is now available for the report controls in the iPhone/iPad applications.

This property is now available in Android Widget mode.

New in version 18

This property is now available in Windows Store Apps mode.

This property is now available for the report controls in the iPhone/iPad applications.

This property is now available in Android Widget mode.

This property is now available in Windows Store Apps mode.

This property is now available for the report controls in the iPhone/iPad applications.

This property is now available in Android Widget mode.

Versions 20 and later

This property is now available for the Table controls and for the table columns in the Android applications and in the iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 20

This property is now available for the Table controls and for the table columns in the Android applications and in the iPhone/iPad applications.

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 the Font variables.

New in version 22

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode for the 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 name>..Color

<Result>: Integer or constant

Color of specified element. This color corresponds to:
an RGB color (returned by RGB),
a preset color.

<Element name>: Character string (with or without quotes)

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 name>..Color = <New color>

<Element name>: Character string (with or without quotes)

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 corresponds 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:

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

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 color of the text displayed in an option of the list box, use the following syntax to identify the element: ListName[RowNum].
For example, the following code is used to color in green the text displayed on the second row of the List Box control:

LIST_List1[2]..Color = LightGreen

Caution: For the rows in a list box, the new color is stored 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 color of the text displayed in a treeview option, use one of the following syntaxes to identify the treeview element:

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

Color of the text displayed in a table cell, in a row or in a column

To find out or modify the color of the text displayed in a table cell, use the following syntax to specify the cell: 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 color of the text displayed in a table row, use the following syntax to identify the row: TableName[RowNum].
To find out and modify the color of the text found in a table column, all you have to do is use ..Color with the name of the column.

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

From version 20, the Table controls are available in Mobile (iOS et Android).

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 color of the caption for an option of the ListView control, use the following syntax to identify the element: ListViewName[RowNum].

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

LSV_ListView1[2]..Color = LightGreen

Caution: For the rows of the list, 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.

Limits

Limits for the report controls
..Color has no effect on:

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

Limits for the window controls
..Color has no effect on the following controls:

the menus,

the supercontrols,
the Slider controls.

..Color only applies to the following elements:

Button control.
Static control.
Image control.