changing the colour of a line created at runtime

This is something that has been puzzling me for quite a while:

In a nut shell, I creat a line at runtime like this:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
ang1 = 3 * 100
ang2 = ang1 * 3.1416 / 180
'here is where I create the line
Form1.Line (3430, 3000)-Step(Cos(ang1 + ang2 / 2) * 1320, Sin(ang1 + ang2 / 2) * 1320)
End Sub

Now, I'm wondering how I can make the above line white rather than black - which is the default.

Can this be done? Thanks in advance!

Code:

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ang1 = 3 * 100
ang2 = ang1 * 3.1416 / 180
'here is where I create the line
Form1.ForeColor = vbRed
Form1.Line (3430, 3000)-Step(Cos(ang1 + ang2 / 2) * 1320, Sin(ang1 + ang2 / 2) * 1320)

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Form1.Line (3430, 3000)-Step(Cos(ang1 + ang2 / 2) * 1320, Sin(ang1 + ang2 / 2) * 1320),vbred

You can as well use any RGBcolor instead of vbred

That simple? Thanks!

This guy want WHITE and you give him red...
or am I colorblind?

btw Just kidding here :-)

I forgot how to spell "White"...:D

odd`? BTW how did we come to think about red both of us? :confused:

"Red" consists of only three letters, and they happen to be neighbors on the keyboard. It's the perfect color to use for quick examples.

Shrog

If I correctly understood it you basically just need to change the line property.

add this line after you have created the line:

form1.line1.color = &H00000000

The color number is not actually the correct one (just figure it out in the properties box of line1)...

Hope this helps,

W.

wildcat_2000
That won't work.

Kedaman..I guess it's because maily we type and write on white and red is usually a color we ask for when we want something to stand out.

It won't work because it's not an object. If you add the Line control to the form, you have an object with a color property you can set. But we are using the Line method to draw a line on the screen. After it's been drawn, you cannot change the color. You have to do it before or while drawing it.

Shrog

The line object is usually a waste of resources, but sometimes when it comes to test animations, it could be useful

Well red is both easy to write and nice color - it's the one i use in icq since it shows best on both black and white.
also red is the LO byte so i use it often in test apps :)