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  spatemp

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  How do you set the color using hex value #6b8ec6 or the RGB

  Jan 20, 2004 12:41 PM|LINK

  I want to set the DataGrid's header background color to #6b8ec6 but I could not find any method that allows me to do that on the following statements for example: dg.HeaderStyle.BackColor = Color.SteelBlue; dg.HeaderStyle.ForeColor = Color.White; This one comes close but not sure what to pass in. Color.FromArgb() 'Thanks for any help.
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  Re: How do you set the color using hex value #6b8ec6 or the RGB

  Jan 20, 2004 12:42 PM|LINK

  Hi, You can use the ColorTranslator come with the System.Drawing class E.g. Label1.BackColor = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#F9DA00") Regards,
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  Charley Bogw...

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  Re: How do you set the color using hex value #6b8ec6 or the RGB

  Jan 22, 2004 10:14 PM|LINK

  I would do what Colt recommends. For future reference, Color.FromArbg() is called like: Color.FromArgb(32,178,170); Hope this helps. Charley.
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  vmasanas

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  Re: How do you set the color using hex value #6b8ec6 or the RGB

  May 10, 2004 02:07 PM|LINK

  It seem that System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromHtml() only works with named colors ("red","green", ...) but not with hex values. Is there a way to accept all formats and correctly transform to Color?
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  Charley Bogw...

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  Re: How do you set the color using hex value #6b8ec6 or the RGB

  May 10, 2004 02:37 PM|LINK

  ColorTranslator works with hex... You are most likely inputting it incorrectly. What is the string you are using? "#FF0000"?
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  Re: How do you set the color using hex value #6b8ec6 or the RGB

  May 10, 2004 09:45 PM|LINK

  I'm calling and aspx page with a color param. I need this color to be passed on the querystring, so I call the aspx as: somepage.aspx?color=#FFFFFF&.... and I get "Input string was not in a correct format". I think here the problem is the # symbol. Is there a problem passing # as a parameter? If I write somepage.aspx?color=FFFFFF I get

  FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.]
     System.Number.ParseInt32(String s, NumberStyles style, NumberFormatInfo info) +0
     System.ComponentModel.Int32Converter.FromString(String value, NumberFormatInfo formatInfo) +37
     System.ComponentModel.BaseNumberConverter.ConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, Object value) +382
  
  
  [Exception: FFFFFF is not a valid value for Int32.]
     System.ComponentModel.BaseNumberConverter.ConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, Object value) +413
     System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.ConvertFromString(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, String text) +12
     System.Drawing.ColorConverter.ConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, Object value) +984
     System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.ConvertFromString(String text) +9
     System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromHtml(String htmlColor) +572
     VMasanas.DNN.Modules.InfoMap.MapProcess.getMap(Boolean showGrid, Boolean showHotspots) +133
     VMasanas.DNN.Modules.InfoMap.getMap.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) +250
     System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +67
     System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +35
     System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain() +731

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  Vimpyboy

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  Re: How do you set the color using hex value #6b8ec6 or the RGB

  May 16, 2004 09:20 PM|LINK

  Try this:

  System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#" & Request.Querystring("color"))

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  Re: How do you set the color using hex value #6b8ec6 or the RGB

  Aug 18, 2011 12:49 PM|LINK

  System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#6b8ec6")