ColorConverter Class
Assembly: System.Drawing (in system.drawing.dll)
When converting from a string to a Color the ColorConverter expects the unqualified color name; otherwise, an exception will occur in the conversion process. For example, you should pass "Blue", not "System.Drawing.Color.Blue" or "Color.Blue", to the ConvertFrom method.
The following code example demonstrates how to use the ConvertToString method. This example is designed to be used with Windows Forms. Paste this code into a form and call the ShowColorConverter method when handling the form's Paint event, passing e as PaintEventArgs.
Private Sub ShowColorConverter(ByVal e As PaintEventArgs) Dim myColor As Color = Color.PaleVioletRed ' Create the ColorConverter. Dim converter As System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter = _ System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(myColor) Dim colorAsString As String = _ converter.ConvertToString(Color.PaleVioletRed) e.Graphics.DrawString(colorAsString, Me.Font, _ Brushes.PaleVioletRed, 50.0F, 50.0F) End Sub
private void ShowColorConverter(PaintEventArgs e)
{
Color myColor = Color.get_PaleVioletRed();
// Create the ColorConverter.
System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter converter =
System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(myColor);
String colorAsString = converter.ConvertToString(
Color.get_PaleVioletRed());
e.get_Graphics().DrawString(colorAsString, this.get_Font(),
Brushes.get_PaleVioletRed(), 50, 50);
} //ShowColorConverter
System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
System.Drawing.ColorConverter
System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebColorConverter
Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.