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    WPF save colors to database

    I've been trying to figure out how to handle brushes in WPF. I want to let the user configure the colors they like and save that in a database which I've more or less figured out how to do (use solidcolorbrushes then cast that to a color and toostring gives me the value which I can save as VARCHAR in an accdb.

    What I haven't been able to decipher is how to go from a string like #FFE2F2EF to a color and then a solidbrush. Seems winforms has simple ways but I can't find anything for WPF.

    Of course there is probably a simple method that I just can't seem to find.

    Anyone have any ideas?

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    Re: WPF save colors to database

    WPF is annoying like that with simple ways of doing thing just overlooked so we have to do it ourselves. Here is a function that could convert that String into a Color:-
    Code:
        Private Function GetColor(ByVal colorStr As String) As Color
            Dim c As UInteger = Convert.ToUInt32(colorStr.Substring(1), 16)
            Dim A, R, G, B As Byte
    
            B = c And &HFFI
            G = (c And (&HFFI << 8)) >> 8
            R = (c And (&HFFI << 16)) >> 16
            A = (c And (&HFFI << 24)) >> 24
    
            Return Color.FromArgb(A, R, G, B)
        End Function
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