[*resolved]Hex to Color?

I wanted to convert Hex to System.Color and I had to write everything my own... right now I have a function that has to convert all the hex values to rgb values and then it converts it to system.color.
doesnt the .NET framework do this by any chance?:rolleyes:

maybe this would help ?

aaah thanks!
just two linex!
dim c as new colorconverter
c.convertfromstring(hex)

look at what I had to write!

VB Code:

Public Shared Sub HexToRGB(ByVal hex As String, ByRef r As Integer, ByRef g As Integer, ByRef b As Integer)
        If hex Is Nothing Then Throw New ArgumentNullException()
        
        ' Remove the "#" sign 
        If hex.StartsWith("#") Then
            hex = hex.Substring(1)
        End If
 
        Dim chars() As Char = StringToChar(hex)
 
 
        r = HexCharToDec(chars(0)) * 16
        r += HexCharToDec(chars(1))
 
        g = HexCharToDec(chars(2)) * 16
        g += HexCharToDec(chars(3))
 
        b = HexCharToDec(chars(4)) * 16
        b += HexCharToDec(chars(5))
    End Sub
 
    Public Shared Function HexToColor(ByVal hex As String) As Color
        Dim r, g, b As Integer
        HexToRGB(hex, r, g, b)
        Return Color.FromArgb(r, g, b)
    End Function
 
    ' Gets a hex character and returns its decimal value
    Private Shared Function HexCharToDec(ByVal hex As Char) As Integer
        Dim dec As Integer
        hex = Char.ToLower(hex)
 
        Try
            dec = CInt(hex.ToString)
            Return dec
        Catch   ' Not a number
            Select Case hex
                Case "a"c
                    Return 10
                Case "b"c
                    Return 11
                Case "c"c
                    Return 12
                Case "d"c
                    Return 13
                Case "e"c
                    Return 14
                Case "f"c
                    Return 15
                Case Else
                    Throw New ArgumentException()
            End Select
        End Try
    End Function
 
Public Shared Function StringToChar(ByVal s As String) As Char()
        If s Is Nothing Then Return Nothing
 
        Dim chars(s.Length - 1) As Char
        Dim i As Integer
        For i = 0 To s.Length - 1
            chars(i) = CChar(s.Substring(i, 1))
        Next
 
        Return chars
    End Function