Color (Property)

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Font variable
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
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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 19 and later

This function is now available in browser code for Table controls in browser mode.

New in version 19

This function is now available in browser code for Table controls in browser mode.

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.
The color is returned in the format of a character string by the browser.

<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.

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 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.

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".

Versions 19 and later

..Color is available in browser code only for browser Table controls on:

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

This property is not available in browser code for classic or Ajax Table controls.

New in version 19

..Color is available in browser code only for browser Table controls on:

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

This property is not available in browser code for classic or Ajax Table controls.

..Color is available in browser code only for browser Table controls on:

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

This property is not available in browser code for classic or Ajax Table controls.

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.

..Color operates on the following controls:

edit controls.
List Box controls.
Combo Box controls.
Static controls.
elements of a List Box control.
elements of a Combo Box control.
HTML Static controls.
3-state Button controls.
formatted display controls.
Versions 19 and later
browser table rows.
New in version 19
browser table rows.
browser table rows.
Versions 19 and later
browser table columns.
New in version 19
browser table columns.
browser table columns.
Versions 19 and later
browser table cells.
New in version 19
browser table cells.
browser table cells.