Hi Andrew, Instead of a colored button to display the selected color, you can display a brush picker with the selected color as solid fill. Not exactly correct, but a close approximation.
Best regards/Med venlig hilsen Lars V. Nielsen GisPro, Denmark http://www.gispro.dk/ http://hjem.get2net.dk/lars-online/ WGS84: 10.20'40"E 55.20'20"N ----- Original Message ----- From: "Canfield, Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'B. Thoen'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 4:48 PM Subject: RE: MI-L Three MapBasic questions > Thanks Bill, > That answers my questions exactly. > > I am making a small tool for our use here which you enter the RGB > value like 255.0.255 or the Hex value like FF00FF and it returns the MapInfo > Color Value, The Hex Color Value, and the RGB color value. The tool is > pretty much done but I was going to redraw the dialog or a button in the > color specified so they could see it visually also. > Thanks for the quick response, > Andy > > -----Original Message----- > From: B. Thoen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 8:11 AM > To: Canfield, Andrew > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Re: MI-L Three MapBasic questions > > > On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Canfield, Andrew wrote: > > > First is there a way to make an argument to a function Optional like in VB > > where you say something like > > No. > > > Second is there any way to Color buttons on a dialog so they aren't the > > standard grey? > > No. > > > Three does MapBasic have a repaint or redraw function for it's dialogs or > do > > I have to call the Window's API? > > No to the first, but I can't imagine why you'd need this. You can always > call API functions to extend MapBasic, but if you need to have your app > look like it was written in VB, perhaps you should consider an Integrated > Mapping approach. > > - Bill Thoen > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message number: 4437 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 4438
