VB.NET backcolor syntax

[Dave]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me the correct syntax when using a variable to control
the color property?

This works ok:
If ABC2flash Then Label61.BackColor = Color.Yellow

This doesn't, showing syntax error in source code:
Dim ABC1col As String = "Color.Yellow"
If ABC2flash Then Label61.BackColor = ABC1col

Thanks

[Rick Rothstein]

> Can anyone tell me the correct syntax when using a variable to control

the color property?

This works ok:
If ABC2flash Then Label61.BackColor = Color.Yellow

This doesn't, showing syntax error in source code:
Dim ABC1col As String = "Color.Yellow"
If ABC2flash Then Label61.BackColor = ABC1col

I don't use VB.NET myself (see the note at the end of this posting), but
I think I can guess at your problem. The BackColor property is a number
(in VB6 it would be a Long, but I'm not sure of the data type in VB.NET,
you'll have to look that up in your help files). You have defined
ABC1col as a String variable and are trying to assign a String variable
to a property requiring a numerical data type... hence, your error. Try
this (substituting the correct data type where I used <NumericDataType>
as a place holder):

Dim ABC1col As <NumericDataType> = Color.Yellow
If ABC2flash Then Label61.BackColor = ABC1col

Now, for the note I told you about...

Almost everybody in this newsgroup is using VB6 or lower. While you may
get a stray answer to VB.NET (including VB2003 and VB2005 which has
dropped .NET from its name) questions here, you should ask them in
newsgroups devoted exclusively to .NET programming. Look for newsgroups
with either the word "dotnet" or "vsnet" in their name.

For the microsoft news server, try these newsgroups for Visual Basic
..NET related questions...

microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.upgrade
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.controls
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.data

And these for more general .NET questions

microsoft.public.dotnet.general
microsoft.public.vsnet.general

Note: There are many other .NET newgroups (use the first three "fields"
from the last two as templates when searching for them), but the above
ones should get you started.

Rick

[Keith R. Weimer]

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Hi,

Can anyone tell me the correct syntax when using a variable to control
the color property?

This works ok:
If ABC2flash Then Label61.BackColor = Color.Yellow

This doesn't, showing syntax error in source code:
Dim ABC1col As String = "Color.Yellow"
If ABC2flash Then Label61.BackColor = ABC1col

Thanks

Use the Color.FromName function. You'll have to remove the "Color." part of
the string but it's a start.

Example:
Label.BackColor = Color.FromName("Yellow")

Keith R. Weimer
Way Too Happy Software

[Dave]

Many thanks Keith,

FromName works just fine !

Dave

[Dave]

Thanks Rick,

Tried your suggestion - it didn't work either, but thanks for the kind
suggestion.

The FromName option in other reply seems to work, so I'm sorted out ok.

Thanks for the advice on the correct groups.

Best regards

Dave