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CMFCColorDialog Class

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The CMFCColorDialog class represents a color selection dialog box.

Syntax

class CMFCColorDialog : public CDialogEx

Members

Public Constructors

Name Description
CMFCColorDialog::CMFCColorDialog Constructs a CMFCColorDialog object.
CMFCColorDialog::~CMFCColorDialog Destructor.

Public Methods

Name Description
CMFCColorDialog::GetColor Returns the current selected color.
CMFCColorDialog::GetPalette Returns the color's palette.
CMFCColorDialog::PreTranslateMessage Translates window messages before they are dispatched to the TranslateMessage and DispatchMessage Windows functions. For syntax and more information, see CWnd::PreTranslateMessage. (Overrides CDialogEx::PreTranslateMessage.)
CMFCColorDialog::RebuildPalette Derives a palette from the system palette.
CMFCColorDialog::SetCurrentColor Sets the current selected color.
CMFCColorDialog::SetNewColor Sets the color most equivalent to a specified RGB value.
CMFCColorDialog::SetPageOne Selects an RGB value for the first property page.
CMFCColorDialog::SetPageTwo Selects an RGB value for the second property page.

Protected Data Members

Name Description
m_bIsMyPalette TRUE if the color selection dialog box uses its own color palette, or FALSE if the dialog box uses a palette that is specified in the CMFCColorDialog constructor.
m_bPickerMode TRUE while the user is selecting a color from the selection dialog box; otherwise, FALSE.
m_btnColorSelect The color button that the user has selected.
m_CurrentColor The currently selected color.
m_hcurPicker The cursor that is used to pick a color.
m_NewColor The prospective selected color, which can be permanently selected or reverted to the original color.
m_pColourSheetOne A pointer to the first property page of the color selection property sheet.
m_pColourSheetTwo A pointer to the second property page of the color selection property sheet.
m_pPalette The current logical palette.
m_pPropSheet A pointer to the property sheet for the color selection dialog box.
m_wndColors A color picker control object.
m_wndStaticPlaceHolder A static control that is a placeholder for the color picker property sheet.

Remarks

The color selection dialog box is displayed as a property sheet with two pages. On the first page, you select a standard color from the system palette; on the second page, you select a custom color.

You can construct a CMFCColorDialog object on the stack and then call DoModal, passing the initial color as a parameter to the CMFCColorDialog constructor. The color selection dialog box then creates several CMFCColorPickerCtrl Class objects to handle each color palette.

Inheritance Hierarchy

CObject

CCmdTarget

CWnd

CDialog

CDialogEx

CMFCColorDialog

Example

The following example demonstrates how to configure a color dialog by using various methods in the CMFCColorDialog class. The example shows how to set the current and the new colors of the dialog, and how to set the red, green, and blue components of a selected color on the two property pages of the color dialog. This example is part of the New Controls sample.

// COLORREF m_Color
CMFCColorDialog dlg(m_Color, 0, this);
dlg.SetCurrentColor(RGB(0, 255, 0));
dlg.SetNewColor(RGB(0, 0, 255));
// set the red, green, and blue components of a selected
// color on the two property pages of the color dialog
dlg.SetPageOne(255, 0, 0);
dlg.SetPageTwo(0, 255, 0);

Requirements

Header: afxcolordialog.h

CMFCColorDialog::CMFCColorDialog

Constructs a CMFCColorDialog object.

CMFCColorDialog(
    COLORREF clrInit=0,
    DWORD dwFlags=0,
    CWnd* pParentWnd=NULL,
    HPALETTE hPal=NULL);

Parameters

clrInit
[in] The default color selection. If no value is specified, the default is RGB(0,0,0) (black).

dwFlags
[in] Reserved.

pParentWnd
[in] A pointer to the dialog box's parent or owner window.

hPal
[in] A handle to a color palette.

Return Value

Remarks

CMFCColorDialog::GetColor

Retrieves the color that the user selects from the color dialog.

COLORREF GetColor() const;

Return Value

A COLORREF value that contains the RGB information for the color selected in the color dialog box.

Remarks

Call this function after you call the DoModal method.

CMFCColorDialog::GetPalette

Retrieves the color palette that is available in the current color dialog.

CPalette* GetPalette() const;

Return Value

A pointer to the CPalette object that was specified in the CMFCColorDialog constructor.

Remarks

The color palette specifies the colors that the user can choose.

CMFCColorDialog::RebuildPalette

Derives a palette from the system palette.

void RebuildPalette();

CMFCColorDialog::SetCurrentColor

Sets the current color of the dialog box.

void SetCurrentColor(COLORREF rgb);

Parameters

rgb
[in] An RGB color value

Remarks

CMFCColorDialog::SetNewColor

Sets the current color to the color in the current palette that is most similar.

void SetNewColor(COLORREF rgb);

Parameters

rgb
[in] A COLORREF that specifies an RGB color.

Remarks

CMFCColorDialog::SetPageOne

Explicitly specifies the red, green, and blue components of a selected color on the first property page of a color dialog.

void SetPageOne(
    BYTE R,
    BYTE G,
    BYTE B);

Parameters

R
[in] Specifies the red component of the RGB value.

G
[in] Specifies the green component of the RGB value.

B
[in] Specifies the blue component of the RGB value.

Remarks

CMFCColorDialog::SetPageTwo

Explicitly specifies the red, green, and blue components of a selected color on the second property page of a color dialog.

void SetPageTwo(
    BYTE R,
    BYTE G,
    BYTE B);

Parameters

R
[in] Specifies a red component of the RGB value

G
[in] Specifies a green component of an RGB value

B
[in] Specifies a blue component of an RGB value

Remarks

See also

Hierarchy Chart
Classes
CMFCColorPickerCtrl Class