Hi

How can I convert Uint32 variable to System.drawing.color ??

Thanks in advanced
Yaniv

More details about my problem:
I want to change the color of label (Label1.ForeColor which is
system.drawing.color).
I want to take the color from object which has a Uint32 color

Yaniv כתב:
> Hi
>
> How can I convert Uint32 variable to System.drawing.color ??
>
> Thanks in advanced
> Yaniv

More details about my problem:
I want to change the color of label (Label1.ForeColor which is
system.drawing.color).
I want to take the color from object which has a Uint32 color

Yaniv כתב:
> Hi
>
> How can I convert Uint32 variable to System.drawing.color ??
>
> Thanks in advanced
> Yaniv

Yaniv wrote:
> Hi
>
> How can I convert Uint32 variable to System.drawing.color ??
>
> Thanks in advanced
> Yaniv
>

If the integer is representing an argb (alpha+rgb) value, then you can
use the Color.FromArgb(int) method. If it only represents an rgb value,
then you can use Color.FromArgb(int, int), where the first integer is
the alpha value, which you should set to 255 to get a solid color.

--
Göran Andersson
_____
http://www.guffa.com

"Göran Andersson" <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb
> Armin Zingler wrote:
> > "Göran Andersson" <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb
> > > > You can just cast the UInt32 to an Int32:
> > > >
> > > > Color color = Color.FromArgb((int)colorValue);
> > >
> > > Sorry, I gave you C# examples.
> > >
> > > In VB.NET:
> > >
> > > Dim color As Color = Color.FromArgb(CType(colorValue, Int32))
> >
> > This doesn't work if colorvalue>int32.maxvalue, which is usually
> > the case if the alpha value > 127.
> >
>
> Yes, you are right. I tried this in VB, and it won't convert an
> UInt32 to an Int32 without checking for overflow.

I had to try it either before because I wasn't sure. :-)

> It works just fine
> in C#. Some say that the CType function in VB is the same as casting
> in C#, but obviously it isn't.
>
> I also tried CInt, Convert.ToInt32 and DirectCast, but they all do
> overflow checking.

Right. Type casting is only valid if one type is derived from the other.
CType does type casting if possible. If not, as in this case, it converts.
Conversion includes overflow checking.

> I guess you have to chop up the value in pieces to handle it:
>
> Dim alpha As Integer = colorCode >> 24
> Dim code As Integer = colorCode And &HFFFFFF
> Dim c As Color = Color.FromArgb(alpha, Color.FromArgb(code))
>
> or:
>
> Dim alpha As Integer = colorCode >> 24
> Dim red As Integer = (colorCode >> 16) And &HFF
> Dim green As Integer = (colorCode >> 8) And &HFF
> Dim blue As Integer = colorCode And &HFF
>
> Dim c As Color = Color.FromArgb(alpha, red, green, blue)

...and with Option Strict On:

Dim alpha As Integer = CInt(colorCode >> 24)
Dim red As Integer = CInt(colorCode >> 16) And &HFF
Dim green As Integer = CInt(colorCode >> 8) And &HFF
Dim blue As Integer = CInt(colorCode And &HFF)




I think, in Framework 2.0, MSFT should have added an overload of FromARGB
that expects an UInteger, and one overload that uses Byte as the type for A,
R, G, B. Don't know why it's Integer at all (already in <2.0) because
values>255 and <0 don't work anyway.


Armin

On Feb 21, 5:00 am, "Yaniv" <elgar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> How can I convert Uint32 variable to System.drawing.color ??
>
> Thanks in advanced
> Yaniv

A side note: Here's a nice web page with all the colors displayed as
color patches:
http://www.pardesiservices.com/softo...colorchart.asp