[RESOLVED] Check backcolor color of object

[Shadow45o]

Simple question...is it possible to check the backcolor of an object, like a label for instance?

What I want to do is check if a label's backcolor is green (or some other color) then have something else happen based off the color.

Here is what I tryed, but neither worked...

if label1.backcolor=color.green then
'stuff goes here
end if

if label1.backcolor.green then
'stuff goes here
end if

[keystone_paul]

How do you mean didn't work?

Your second snippet certainly isn't going work, but the first one should work fine.

I've tested it to make sure I'm not going mad. Created a form, added a label and set its back color to black, then tried this code

        If Label1.BackColor = Color.Black Then
            MsgBox("yep its black OK")
        Else
            MsgBox("It isn't black")
        End If

To which it dutifully informed me that the label's backcolor was indeed black.

The obvious question is : are you totally sure that the background color of your label is green? (and by that I mean the combination of RGB values that VB recognises as green).

[Shadow45o]

It shows the error:
"operator '=' is not defined for types 'System.Drawing.Color' and 'System.Drawing.Color'"

So i don't if it is just a stupid mistake or why it isn't working...

[keystone_paul]

It shows the error:
"operator '=' is not defined for types 'System.Drawing.Color' and 'System.Drawing.Color'"

So i don't if it is just a stupid mistake or why it isn't working...

Hmm.. that doesn't make sense. You are not doing anything daft - that should work.

Not sure what to suggest to be honest.

[jmcilhinney]

The '=' operator only exists for a type if it has been defined in that type. '=' is defined for the Color type from .NET 2.0 but it isn't in .NET 1.x. Try using the Equals method instead:

If Me.Label1.BackColor.Equals(Color.Green) Then

In future, please provide ALL the information in the first post. The code you used and the error message it produced are always relevant.

[Shadow45o]

In future, please provide ALL the information in the first post. The code you used and the error message it produced are always relevant.

Ok, and thanks, it works now