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Mike Buess

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Posted - 10/03/2002 :  10:54:48 AM  Show Profile  Edit Topic  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Topic
Labtalk's color() function returns the index of a named color...

color(Blue)=;
COLOR(BLUE)=4

How can I get a color's name if I know its index? (An Origin C solution would be fine.)

...Here is a trivial example of what I would like to do.

get %C -c ii;
// Now assign the name of the iith color to the string variable %A
type The active data set is %A.;

Mike Buess
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Edited by - Mike Buess on 10/03/2002 11:07:11 AM

Laurie

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Posted - 10/03/2002 :  5:15:07 PM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Hi Mike,

You could create a string that would contain the default color list. You could then parse this string based on the color index number.

If the user edited the color palette, then the information would be saved to the origin.ini file. You could use the INI object to read from this file.

There isn't a LabTalk command or an Origin C function that will return the name from the index.

Hope this helps,
Laurie

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Mike Buess

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Posted - 10/04/2002 :  8:01:32 PM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Thanks, Laurie.

Here's a related question. You can put the color list in a getnumber dialog's drop-down list...

getn ( ) ii:@C (Pick a color);

Can you do the same thing with Dialog Builder's combo box, list box or list control?

Mike Buess
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