Color.DarkMagenta to #hexcolor

[Ron Vecchi]

I have a color System.Drawing.Color.DarkMagenta
I would like to output it to the browser as its hex color(not sure what it
is) #993484

This seems like it should work but it isn't.
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System.Drawing.Color c = System.Drawing.Color.DarkMagenta;
string HtmlColor = System.Drawing.Color.ToHtml(c);

Response.Write(HtmlColor); //Outputing "DarkMagenta"
------------------------------------------------------------------

Shouldn't the ToHtml() method give me a hex string representation instead of
the color name?
Anyone got any ideas?

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Ron Vecchi

[Sonali.NET[MVP]]

Use function
Function convertToHexColor(ByVal c As Color) As String
Return "#" + c.ToArgb().ToString("x").Substring(2)
End Function

HTH
-Sushila

"Ron Vecchi" <rv*****@xilehdvecchi.com> wrote in message news:#s**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

I have a color System.Drawing.Color.DarkMagenta
I would like to output it to the browser as its hex color(not sure what it
is) #993484

This seems like it should work but it isn't.
------------------------------------------------------------------
System.Drawing.Color c = System.Drawing.Color.DarkMagenta;
string HtmlColor = System.Drawing.Color.ToHtml(c);

Response.Write(HtmlColor); //Outputing "DarkMagenta"
------------------------------------------------------------------

Shouldn't the ToHtml() method give me a hex string representation instead of
the color name?
Anyone got any ideas?

--
Ron Vecchi

[Rob Mayo]

I think if you created the Color from a KnownColor, it will always return
you the literal. But it's easy enough to produce the results you want

(sorry, it's VB);

Dim c As System.Drawing.Color = System.Drawing.Color.DarkMagenta
Dim HtmlColor As String = "#"
HtmlColor &= Right("00" & Hex(c.R), 2)
HtmlColor &= Right("00" & Hex(c.G), 2)
HtmlColor &= Right("00" & Hex(c.B), 2)

"Ron Vecchi" <rv*****@xilehdvecchi.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

I have a color System.Drawing.Color.DarkMagenta
I would like to output it to the browser as its hex color(not sure what it
is) #993484

This seems like it should work but it isn't.
------------------------------------------------------------------
System.Drawing.Color c = System.Drawing.Color.DarkMagenta;
string HtmlColor = System.Drawing.Color.ToHtml(c);

Response.Write(HtmlColor); //Outputing "DarkMagenta"
------------------------------------------------------------------

Shouldn't the ToHtml() method give me a hex string representation instead of the color name?
Anyone got any ideas?

--
Ron Vecchi