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NamedColor ( colorname )

Allows you to use CSS colornames instead of RGB() function

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Theo Ros - Show more from this author

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/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use a color name to specify a color in FileMaker rather than RGB values. 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 prefixed with "#" or named colors). This function does the same as Geoff Coffey's Color(), but is faster because it does not use a long series of Case tests. Return type: Number Syntax: NamedColor ( "Silver" ) Usage example: TextColor ( "Plaid" ; NamedColor ( "Red" ) ) returns the word Plaid in red, same as TextColor ( "Plaid" ; RGB ( 255 ; 0 ; 0 ) ) Author - Theo Ros ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ Let ( strColor = Lower ( TrimAll ( colorname ; True ; 3 ) ) ; If ( Left ( strColor ; 1 ) = "#" ; /* Handle web color by using function HexToDec() not used here */ // HexToDec ( Right ( strColor ; Length ( strColor ) - 1 ) ) /* or recurse this function */ Let( [ char = Right ( strColor ; 1 ) ; len = Length ( strColor ) ] ; Position ( "0123456789abcdef" ; char ; 1 ; 1 ) - 1 + If ( len > 2 ; 16 * NamedColor ( Left ( strColor ; len - 1 ) ) ) ) ; /* Handle named color by searching the string of colornames where each name is paddes with spaces and is 20 characters in length. this will result in a 1-based indexnumber for the color or 0 if not found. */ Let ( [ idx = Div ( ( Position ( "aliceblue antiquewhite aqua " & "aquamarine azure beige " & "bisque black blanchedalmond " & "blue blueviolet brown " & "burlywood cadetblue chartreuse " & "chocolate coral cornflowerblue " & "cornsilk crimson cyan " & "darkblue darkcyan darkgoldenrod " & "darkgray darkgreen darkkhaki " & "darkmagenta darkolivegreen darkorange " & "darkorchid darkred darksalmon " & "darkseagreen darkslateblue darkslategray " & "darkturquoise darkviolet deeppink " & "deepskyblue dimgray dodgerblue " & "feldspar firebrick floralwhite " & "forestgreen fuchsia gainsboro " & "ghostwhite gold goldenrod " & "gray green greenyellow " & "honeydew hotpink indianred " & "indigo ivory khaki " & "lavender lavenderblush lawngreen " & "lemonchiffon lightblue lightcoral " & "lightcyan lightgoldenrodyellowlightgreen " & "lightgrey lightpink lightsalmon " & "lightseagreen lightskyblue lightslateblue " & "lightslategray lightsteelblue lightyellow " & "lime limegreen linen " & "magenta maroon mediumaquamarine " & "mediumblue mediumorchid mediumpurple " & "mediumseagreen mediumslateblue mediumspringgreen " & "mediumturquoise mediumvioletred midnightblue " & "mintcream mistyrose moccasin " & "navajowhite navy oldlace " & "olive olivedrab orange " & "orangered orchid palegoldenrod " & "palegreen paleturquoise palevioletred " & "papayawhip peachpuff peru " & "pink plum powderblue " & "purple red rosybrown " & "royalblue saddlebrown salmon " & "sandybrown seagreen seashell " & "sienna silver skyblue " & "slateblue slategray snow " & "springgreen steelblue tan " & "teal thistle tomato " & "turquoise violet violetred " & "wheat white whitesmoke " & "yellow yellowgreen " ; Left ( strColor & " " ; 20 ) ; 1 ; 1 ) + 19 ) ; 20 ) ] ; /* use the found index to get the value from the corresponding list of values */ If ( idx = 0 ; 0 ; GetAsNumber ( MiddleValues ( "15792383¶ 16444375¶ 65535¶" & " 8388564¶ 15794175¶ 16119260¶" & "16770244¶ 0¶ 16772045¶" & " 255¶ 9055202¶ 10824234¶" & "14596231¶ 6266528¶ 8388352¶" & "13789470¶ 16744272¶ 6591981¶" & "16775388¶ 14423100¶ 65535¶" & " 139¶ 35723¶ 12092939¶" & "11119017¶ 25600¶ 12433259¶" & " 9109643¶ 5597999¶ 16747520¶" & "10040012¶ 9109504¶ 15308410¶" & " 9419919¶ 4734347¶ 3100495¶" & " 52945¶ 9699539¶ 16716947¶" & " 49151¶ 6908265¶ 2003199¶" & "13734517¶ 11674146¶ 16775920¶" & " 2263842¶ 16711935¶ 14474460¶" & "16316671¶ 16766720¶ 14329120¶" & " 8421504¶ 32768¶ 11403055¶" & "15794160¶ 16738740¶ 13458524¶" & " 4915330¶ 16777200¶ 15787660¶" & "15132410¶ 16773365¶ 8190976¶" & "16775885¶ 11393254¶ 15761536¶" & "14745599¶ 16448210¶ 9498256¶" & "13882323¶ 16758465¶ 16752762¶" & " 2142890¶ 8900346¶ 8679679¶" & " 7833753¶ 11584734¶ 16777184¶" & " 65280¶ 3329330¶ 16445670¶" & "16711935¶ 8388608¶ 6737322¶" & " 205¶ 12211667¶ 9662680¶" & " 3978097¶ 8087790¶ 64154¶" & " 4772300¶ 13047173¶ 1644912¶" & "16121850¶ 16770273¶ 16770229¶" & "16768685¶ 128¶ 16643558¶" & " 8421376¶ 7048739¶ 16753920¶" & "16729344¶ 14315734¶ 15657130¶" & "10025880¶ 11529966¶ 14184595¶" & "16773077¶ 16767673¶ 13468991¶" & "16761035¶ 14524637¶ 11591910¶" & " 8388736¶ 16711680¶ 12357519¶" & " 4286945¶ 9127187¶ 16416882¶" & "16032864¶ 3050327¶ 16774638¶" & "10506797¶ 12632256¶ 8900331¶" & " 6970061¶ 7372944¶ 16775930¶" & " 65407¶ 4620980¶ 13808780¶" & " 32896¶ 14204888¶ 16737095¶" & " 4251856¶ 15631086¶ 13639824¶" & "16113331¶ 16777215¶ 16119285¶" & "16776960¶ 10145074¶" ; idx ; 1 ) ) ) ) ) ) Click to copy

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

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 prefixed with "#" or named colors).

This function does the same as Geoff Coffey's Color(), but is faster
because it does not use a long series of Case tests.

Return type: Number

 

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