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Method

Displays the system Color Picker, allowing the user to choose a color.

Syntax

result = SelectColor(ByRef col, prompt)

Part	Type	Description
result	Boolean	Returns True if the user clicks OK; False if the user cancels.
col	Color	Color passed to SelectColor and the color the user selects. Note the usage of ByRef in the parameter list.
prompt	String	Prompt to be displayed in the Color Picker. Shown only on Linux.

Notes

You control the default choice of color displayed by the Color Picker by passing a value of col to SelectColor. If col is not assigned a value, black is used as the default color. The color that the user chooses is returned in col. If the user clicks Cancel without making a choice, result is set to False; otherwise it is set to True.

Sample Code

The following example allows the user to select a color that will be used as the fillcolor in a Rectangle control.

Dim c As Color
Dim b As Boolean
c = CMY(0.35, 0.9, 0.6) // choose the default color shown in color picker
b = SelectColor(c, "Select a Color")
Rectangle1.FillColor = c

If you don't want to test the boolean returned by SelectColor, you can call it using Call.

Call SelectColor(c, "Select a Color")

See Also

Color data type; CMY, RGB, HSV functions; &c literal.