Set FillColor to ActiveCaption @ Run-Time

[nev]

How do I do this programmatically?

Shape.FillColor = Color [ActiveCaption]

I can set it during design-time but I wanna set it during run-time. Please help.

[kenobewan]

I'm glad you're not one of those idiots who want to set things during design time - that is so yesterday. All the really cool programmers, like yourself, get things happening at run time. I set everything up so it runs at run time, if there is a user event called I simply load another page so it can happen at run time. I use page load, classes and config files to engage my run time - how about you?

[nev]

I'm glad you're not one of those idiots who want to set things during design time - that is so yesterday. All the really cool programmers, like yourself, get things happening at run time. I set everything up so it runs at run time, if there is a user event called I simply load another page so it can happen at run time. I use page load, classes and config files to engage my run time - how about you?

Then I guess I'm a moron because I do both :-)

[kenobewan]

So you are having trouble with active caption in page load? Isn't ActiveCaption used in ajax and relies user interaction? In which case my guess would be no as the user event comes after the page load.

Not having a go at you, but it seems strange that many posters want their code to work run time and they don't know what run time is. Its nothing magical all it is is where you insert your code and for developers run time is usually page load.

[nev]

I did a workaround. Placed an invisible shape with the colors I need on the form and did...

shape.fillcolor = invisibleshape.fillcolor

It didn't even break me a sweat :-)

[Plater]

You can also do this:

Color.FromKnownColor(KnownColor.ActiveCaption);
 

[nev]

You can also do this:

Color.FromKnownColor(KnownColor.ActiveCaption);
 

thanks for the input.