Enums as parameters

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I have the following:

void setColours()
{
Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor .Black;
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
}

thus setting the colours at compile time.

I would like to set the colours at run time and have something like:

void setColours( bgColour, fgColour)
{
Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor .bgColour;
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.fgColour;
}

however the compiler does not allow this.

Is it possible to set colours at run time and if so how would i do it?

Thanks

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Paolo <Pa***@discussions.microsoft.comwrote:

I have the following:

void setColours()
{
Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor .Black;
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
}

thus setting the colours at compile time.

I would like to set the colours at run time and have something like:

void setColours( bgColour, fgColour)
{
Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor .bgColour;
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.fgColour;
}

however the compiler does not allow this.

Is it possible to set colours at run time and if so how would i do it?

You just need to change your code to give types to the parameters:

void setColours(ConsoleColor bgColour, ConsoleColor fgColour)
{
Console.BackgroundColor = bgColour;
Console.ForegroundColor = fgColour;
}
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[Peter Rilling]

When setting properties, only use the variable names. You have
ConsoleColor.bgColour. Get rid of the ConsoleColor reference. This is
probably what the compiler is complaining about.

"Paolo" <Pa***@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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>I have the following:

void setColours()
{
Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor .Black;
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
}

thus setting the colours at compile time.

I would like to set the colours at run time and have something like:

void setColours( bgColour, fgColour)
{
Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor .bgColour;
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.fgColour;
}

however the compiler does not allow this.

Is it possible to set colours at run time and if so how would i do it?

Thanks

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Peter: thanks, that explains why I received the compiler error that I did.

"Peter Rilling" wrote:

When setting properties, only use the variable names. You have
ConsoleColor.bgColour. Get rid of the ConsoleColor reference. This is
probably what the compiler is complaining about.

"Paolo" <Pa***@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:73**********************************@microsof t.com...

I have the following:

void setColours()
{
Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor .Black;
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
}

thus setting the colours at compile time.

I would like to set the colours at run time and have something like:

void setColours( bgColour, fgColour)
{
Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor .bgColour;
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.fgColour;
}

however the compiler does not allow this.

Is it possible to set colours at run time and if so how would i do it?

Thanks

[=?Utf-8?B?UGFvbG8=?=]

Jon: bingo, that's great. Thanks

"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" wrote:

Paolo <Pa***@discussions.microsoft.comwrote:

I have the following:

void setColours()
{
Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor .Black;
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
}

thus setting the colours at compile time.

I would like to set the colours at run time and have something like:

void setColours( bgColour, fgColour)
{
Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor .bgColour;
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.fgColour;
}

however the compiler does not allow this.

Is it possible to set colours at run time and if so how would i do it?

You just need to change your code to give types to the parameters:

void setColours(ConsoleColor bgColour, ConsoleColor fgColour)
{
Console.BackgroundColor = bgColour;
Console.ForegroundColor = fgColour;
}
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Jon: I've changed the code as you suggested. When I use the setColours method
in a class constructor I am inserting the ConsoleColor names i.e. Black,
Yellow as the actual parameters. Is this correct? I am getting an error 'The
name 'Black' does not exist in the current context' (same message for Yellow.)

I don't think this is a scope-related error since I've got similar methods
and parameters in the same Utilities class where the setColours is defined.

"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" wrote:

Paolo <Pa***@discussions.microsoft.comwrote:

I have the following:

void setColours()
{
Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor .Black;
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
}

thus setting the colours at compile time.

I would like to set the colours at run time and have something like:

void setColours( bgColour, fgColour)
{
Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor .bgColour;
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.fgColour;
}

however the compiler does not allow this.

Is it possible to set colours at run time and if so how would i do it?

You just need to change your code to give types to the parameters:

void setColours(ConsoleColor bgColour, ConsoleColor fgColour)
{
Console.BackgroundColor = bgColour;
Console.ForegroundColor = fgColour;
}
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Web site: http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/jon.skeet
C# in Depth: http://csharpindepth.com

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Paolo <Pa***@discussions.microsoft.comwrote:

Jon: I've changed the code as you suggested. When I use the setColours method
in a class constructor I am inserting the ConsoleColor names i.e. Black,
Yellow as the actual parameters. Is this correct? I am getting an error 'The
name 'Black' does not exist in the current context' (same message for Yellow.)

You've got to specify the ConsoleColor, e.g.

setColours(ConsoleColor.Black, ConsoleColor.Yellow);

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Jon: many thanks again.

"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" wrote:

Paolo <Pa***@discussions.microsoft.comwrote:

Jon: I've changed the code as you suggested. When I use the setColours method
in a class constructor I am inserting the ConsoleColor names i.e. Black,
Yellow as the actual parameters. Is this correct? I am getting an error 'The
name 'Black' does not exist in the current context' (same message for Yellow.)

You've got to specify the ConsoleColor, e.g.

setColours(ConsoleColor.Black, ConsoleColor.Yellow);

--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.com>
Web site: http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/jon.skeet
C# in Depth: http://csharpindepth.com