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How to generate random colors in vb.net
Module RandomColors
Public Function GetRandomQBColor() As System.Drawing.Color
Dim rndom As New Random
Dim color_num As Integer = rndom.Next(0, 15)
Return System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(QBColor(color_num) + &HFF000000)
End Function
Public Function GetRandomRGBColor() As System.Drawing.Color
Dim rndom As New Random
Return System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(255, rndom.Next(0, 255), rndom.Next(0, 255), rndom.Next(0, 255))
End Function
End Module
Convert color to string
To convert a color to a string use the ColorConverter class but this can be access through TypeConverter class;
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Dim myColor as Drawing.Color = Color.Red
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Dim clor As System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter = System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(myColor)
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dim ColorName as string
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ColorName = clor.ConvertToString(Color.Red)
Convert color from string
To convert a color from a string use the ColorConverter class but this can be access through TypeConverter class;
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Dim myColor as Drawing.Color
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Dim clor As System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter = System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(GetType(Drawing.Color))
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myColor = clor.ConvertFromString("Blue")
MyColor variable is now ready to use.