Hello Everyone and thanks for your help in advance.  Most 
of the examples for System.Drawing use the following 
syntax for setting background colors:

MyNewGraphic.Clear(Color.Blue)

But I cannot find an example to set the color using hex 
codes such as: #ffcc66.  How is this done?

Also, I have tried making a background trasparent using:

Dim backColor As Color = MyNewBitmap.GetPixel(1, 1)
MyNewBitmap.MakeTransparent(backColor)

But for some reason, this causes the bitmap to be black.

Any help on these issues would be greatly appreciated.  
Thanks.
.

Use Color.FromArgb(int,int,int)

see:
ms-help://MS.VSCC/MS.MSDNVS/cpref/html/frlrfsystemdrawingcolorclassfro
margbtopic3.htm

So you could do:

Color.FromArgb(255, 204, 102)
// equiv to #ffcc66

(I used Window's calculator to translate between Hex and Decimal.)

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| -----Original Message-----
| From: Hugh McLaughlin [mailto:hugh@k...]
| Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 7:38 PM
| To: ASP+
| Subject: [aspx] Setting Colors in system.Drwaing
|
|
| Hello Everyone and thanks for your help in advance.  Most
| of the examples for System.Drawing use the following
| syntax for setting background colors:
|
| MyNewGraphic.Clear(Color.Blue)
|
| But I cannot find an example to set the color using hex
| codes such as: #ffcc66.  How is this done?
|
| Also, I have tried making a background trasparent using:
|
| Dim backColor As Color = MyNewBitmap.GetPixel(1, 1)
| MyNewBitmap.MakeTransparent(backColor)
|
| But for some reason, this causes the bitmap to be black.
|
| Any help on these issues would be greatly appreciated.
| Thanks.
| .
|

	Although the documentation apparently says different or seemingly
nothing of it...

Color.FromName("#ffcc66"); // MS - maybe an int overload here or something?

is a valid statement, and will generate the expected results.

	The problem you *might* be having with transparency with your bitmap
is BitMaps don't inheritantly support alpha channels/transparency.  Try
converting your BitMap to to another type that does support transparency
(like PNG or GIF if either is available).

HTH,
- Chuck



-----Original Message-----
From: Hugh McLaughlin [mailto:hugh@k...]
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 3:38 PM
To: ASP+
Subject: [aspx] Setting Colors in system.Drwaing


Hello Everyone and thanks for your help in advance.  Most 
of the examples for System.Drawing use the following 
syntax for setting background colors:

MyNewGraphic.Clear(Color.Blue)

But I cannot find an example to set the color using hex 
codes such as: #ffcc66.  How is this done?

Also, I have tried making a background trasparent using:

Dim backColor As Color = MyNewBitmap.GetPixel(1, 1)
MyNewBitmap.MakeTransparent(backColor)

But for some reason, this causes the bitmap to be black.

Any help on these issues would be greatly appreciated.  
Thanks.
.