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Color ( Text )

Use a color name to specify a color in FileMaker rather than RGB values.

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Geoff Coffey

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If ( Left ( Text ; 1 ) = "#" ; // Handle web color Let( [ char = Right (Text ; 1 ) ; len = Length ( Text ) ] ; ( Position ( "0123456789ABCDEF" ; char ; 1 ; 1 ) - 1 ) + If ( len > 2 ; 16 * Color ( Left (Text ; len - 1 ) ) ) ) ; // Handle named color Case ( Text = "AliceBlue" ; 15792383 ; Text = "AntiqueWhite" ; 16444375 ; Text = "Aqua" ; 65535 ; Text = "Aquamarine" ; 8388564 ; Text = "Azure" ; 15794175 ; Text = "Beige" ; 16119260 ; Text = "Bisque" ; 16770244 ; Text = "Black" ; 0 ; Text = "BlanchedAlmond" ; 16772045 ; Text = "Blue" ; 255 ; Text = "BlueViolet" ; 9055202 ; Text = "Brown" ; 10824234 ; Text = "BurlyWood" ; 14596231 ; Text = "CadetBlue" ; 6266528 ; Text = "Chartreuse" ; 8388352 ; Text = "Chocolate" ; 13789470 ; Text = "Coral" ; 16744272 ; Text = "CornflowerBlue" ; 6591981 ; Text = "Cornsilk" ; 16775388 ; Text = "Crimson" ; 14423100 ; Text = "Cyan" ; 65535 ; Text = "DarkBlue" ; 139 ; Text = "DarkCyan" ; 35723 ; Text = "DarkGoldenRod" ; 12092939 ; Text = "DarkGray" ; 11119017 ; Text = "DarkGreen" ; 25600 ; Text = "DarkKhaki" ; 12433259 ; Text = "DarkMagenta" ; 9109643 ; Text = "DarkOliveGreen" ; 5597999 ; Text = "Darkorange" ; 16747520 ; Text = "DarkOrchid" ; 10040012 ; Text = "DarkRed" ; 9109504 ; Text = "DarkSalmon" ; 15308410 ; Text = "DarkSeaGreen" ; 9419919 ; Text = "DarkSlateBlue" ; 4734347 ; Text = "DarkSlateGray" ; 3100495 ; Text = "DarkTurquoise" ; 52945 ; Text = "DarkViolet" ; 9699539 ; Text = "DeepPink" ; 16716947 ; Text = "DeepSkyBlue" ; 49151 ; Text = "DimGray" ; 6908265 ; Text = "DodgerBlue" ; 2003199 ; Text = "Feldspar" ; 13734517 ; Text = "FireBrick" ; 11674146 ; Text = "FloralWhite" ; 16775920 ; Text = "ForestGreen" ; 2263842 ; Text = "Fuchsia" ; 16711935 ; Text = "Gainsboro" ; 14474460 ; Text = "GhostWhite" ; 16316671 ; Text = "Gold" ; 16766720 ; Text = "GoldenRod" ; 14329120 ; Text = "Gray" ; 8421504 ; Text = "Green" ; 32768 ; Text = "GreenYellow" ; 11403055 ; Text = "HoneyDew" ; 15794160 ; Text = "HotPink" ; 16738740 ; Text = "IndianRed" ; 13458524 ; Text = "Indigo" ; 4915330 ; Text = "Ivory" ; 16777200 ; Text = "Khaki" ; 15787660 ; Text = "Lavender" ; 15132410 ; Text = "LavenderBlush" ; 16773365 ; Text = "LawnGreen" ; 8190976 ; Text = "LemonChiffon" ; 16775885 ; Text = "LightBlue" ; 11393254 ; Text = "LightCoral" ; 15761536 ; Text = "LightCyan" ; 14745599 ; Text = "LightGoldenRodYellow" ; 16448210 ; Text = "LightGrey" ; 13882323 ; Text = "LightGreen" ; 9498256 ; Text = "LightPink" ; 16758465 ; Text = "LightSalmon" ; 16752762 ; Text = "LightSeaGreen" ; 2142890 ; Text = "LightSkyBlue" ; 8900346 ; Text = "LightSlateBlue" ; 8679679 ; Text = "LightSlateGray" ; 7833753 ; Text = "LightSteelBlue" ; 11584734 ; Text = "LightYellow" ; 16777184 ; Text = "Lime" ; 65280 ; Text = "LimeGreen" ; 3329330 ; Text = "Linen" ; 16445670 ; Text = "Magenta" ; 16711935 ; Text = "Maroon" ; 8388608 ; Text = "MediumAquaMarine" ; 6737322 ; Text = "MediumBlue" ; 205 ; Text = "MediumOrchid" ; 12211667 ; Text = "MediumPurple" ; 9662680 ; Text = "MediumSeaGreen" ; 3978097 ; Text = "MediumSlateBlue" ; 8087790 ; Text = "MediumSpringGreen" ; 64154 ; Text = "MediumTurquoise" ; 4772300 ; Text = "MediumVioletRed" ; 13047173 ; Text = "MidnightBlue" ; 1644912 ; Text = "MintCream" ; 16121850 ; Text = "MistyRose" ; 16770273 ; Text = "Moccasin" ; 16770229 ; Text = "NavajoWhite" ; 16768685 ; Text = "Navy" ; 128 ; Text = "OldLace" ; 16643558 ; Text = "Olive" ; 8421376 ; Text = "OliveDrab" ; 7048739 ; Text = "Orange" ; 16753920 ; Text = "OrangeRed" ; 16729344 ; Text = "Orchid" ; 14315734 ; Text = "PaleGoldenRod" ; 15657130 ; Text = "PaleGreen" ; 10025880 ; Text = "PaleTurquoise" ; 11529966 ; Text = "PaleVioletRed" ; 14184595 ; Text = "PapayaWhip" ; 16773077 ; Text = "PeachPuff" ; 16767673 ; Text = "Peru" ; 13468991 ; Text = "Pink" ; 16761035 ; Text = "Plum" ; 14524637 ; Text = "PowderBlue" ; 11591910 ; Text = "Purple" ; 8388736 ; Text = "Red" ; 16711680 ; Text = "RosyBrown" ; 12357519 ; Text = "RoyalBlue" ; 4286945 ; Text = "SaddleBrown" ; 9127187 ; Text = "Salmon" ; 16416882 ; Text = "SandyBrown" ; 16032864 ; Text = "SeaGreen" ; 3050327 ; Text = "SeaShell" ; 16774638 ; Text = "Sienna" ; 10506797 ; Text = "Silver" ; 12632256 ; Text = "SkyBlue" ; 8900331 ; Text = "SlateBlue" ; 6970061 ; Text = "SlateGray" ; 7372944 ; Text = "Snow" ; 16775930 ; Text = "SpringGreen" ; 65407 ; Text = "SteelBlue" ; 4620980 ; Text = "Tan" ; 13808780 ; Text = "Teal" ; 32896 ; Text = "Thistle" ; 14204888 ; Text = "Tomato" ; 16737095 ; Text = "Turquoise" ; 4251856 ; Text = "Violet" ; 15631086 ; Text = "VioletRed" ; 13639824 ; Text = "Wheat" ; 16113331 ; Text = "White" ; 16777215 ; Text = "WhiteSmoke" ; 16119285 ; Text = "Yellow" ; 16776960 ; Text = "YellowGreen" ; 10145074 ; 0 ) ) Click to copy

Simple Colors contains a function called Color that takes a single text parameter. It is an alternative to FM7's built-in RGB function. Instead of specifying a color with separate Red, Green, and Blue values, you can use some of the typical CSS web color specifications (six-digit hex or named colors).

 

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