Creates a Color structure from the specified name of a predefined color.
Assembly: System.Drawing (in System.Drawing.dll)
Public Shared Function FromName ( _
name As String _
) As Colorpublic static Color FromName(
string name
)public:
static Color FromName(
String^ name
)static member FromName :
name:string -> Color
Parameters
- name
- Type: System
. . :: . String
A string that is the name of a predefined color. Valid names are the same as the names of the elements of the KnownColor enumeration.
A predefined color is also called a known color and is represented by an element of the KnownColor enumeration. If the name parameter is not the valid name of a predefined color, the FromName method creates a Color structure that has an ARGB value of 0 (that is, all ARGB components are 0).
The following code example demonstrates the A, R, G, B, and FromName members of a Color, and the
This example is designed to be used with a Windows Form. Paste the code into the form and call the ShowPropertiesOfSlateBlue method from the form's Paint event-handling method, passing e as PaintEventArgs.
Private Sub ShowPropertiesOfSlateBlue(ByVal e As PaintEventArgs)
Dim slateBlue As Color = Color.FromName("SlateBlue")
Dim g As Byte = slateBlue.G
Dim b As Byte = slateBlue.B
Dim r As Byte = slateBlue.R
Dim a As Byte = slateBlue.A
Dim text As String = _
String.Format("Slate Blue has these ARGB values: Alpha:{0}, " _
& "red:{1}, green: {2}, blue {3}", New Object() {a, r, g, b})
e.Graphics.DrawString(text, New Font(Me.Font, FontStyle.Italic), _
New SolidBrush(slateBlue), _
New RectangleF(New PointF(0.0F, 0.0F), _
Size.op_Implicit(Me.Size)))
End Sub
private void ShowPropertiesOfSlateBlue(PaintEventArgs e)
{
Color slateBlue = Color.FromName("SlateBlue");
byte g = slateBlue.G;
byte b = slateBlue.B;
byte r = slateBlue.R;
byte a = slateBlue.A;
string text = String.Format("Slate Blue has these ARGB values: Alpha:{0}, " +
"red:{1}, green: {2}, blue {3}", new object[]{a, r, g, b});
e.Graphics.DrawString(text,
new Font(this.Font, FontStyle.Italic),
new SolidBrush(slateBlue),
new RectangleF(new PointF(0.0F, 0.0F), this.Size));
}
void ShowPropertiesOfSlateBlue( PaintEventArgs^ e )
{
Color slateBlue = Color::FromName( "SlateBlue" );
Byte g = slateBlue.G;
Byte b = slateBlue.B;
Byte r = slateBlue.R;
Byte a = slateBlue.A;
array<Object^>^temp0 = {a,r,g,b};
String^ text = String::Format( "Slate Blue has these ARGB values: Alpha:{0}, "
"red:{1}, green: {2}, blue {3}", temp0 );
e->Graphics->DrawString( text, gcnew System::Drawing::Font( this->Font,FontStyle::Italic ), gcnew SolidBrush( slateBlue ), RectangleF(PointF(0.0F,0.0F),this->Size) );
}
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.