changing the colour of a line created at runtime

[ianpaisley]

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!

[HeSaidJoe]

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)

[kedaman]

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

[ianpaisley]

That simple? Thanks!

[Skateboarder]

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

btw Just kidding here :-)

[HeSaidJoe]

I forgot how to spell "White"...

[kedaman]

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

[Shrog]

"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

[wildcat_2000]

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.

[HeSaidJoe]

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.

[Shrog]

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

[kedaman]

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