Re: More than 256 colors in forecolor (for field)?

2004-12-08 Thread Cole Tierney
Yes, definitely a field. I don't have DMX handy to test. Anyone? Works on DMX10.1 mac. I had similar trouble getting this to work lately. I think the trick is to use dot syntax. -- Cole [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi T

Re: More than 256 colors in forecolor (for field)?

2004-12-07 Thread Daniel Nelson
Yes, definitely a field. I don't have DMX handy to test. Anyone? Regards, Daniel From the message window: member("test2").word[2].color = color(0, 0, 255) put member("test2").type -- #field member("test2").char[2..3].color = color(0, 0, 255) Changes the color as expected. Karl Cifius wrote: Are y

Re: More than 256 colors in forecolor (for field)?

2004-12-07 Thread Karl Cifius
Are you sure you are using a Field member and not a Text member? If you are using a field member is that a new feature in MX2004? It does not work in MX. Gives a "Property not found" message. /KC - Original Message - From: "Daniel Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> member("test").word[3].color

Re: More than 256 colors in forecolor (for field)?

2004-12-07 Thread Daniel Nelson
member("test").word[3].color = rgb(255, 0, 0) works for me on a field member. DMX 2004. Win XP SP2. Regards, Daniel Karl Cifius wrote: I don't think that will work since you need forecolor to be able to change the colors of different words in a field, right? "set the color of member 1 to rgb(2

Re: More than 256 colors in forecolor (for field)?

2004-12-07 Thread Karl Cifius
I don't think that will work since you need forecolor to be able to change the colors of different words in a field, right? "set the color of member 1 to rgb(233,200,0)" works but "set the color of char 5 to 10 of member 1 to rgb(233,200,0)" gives an error. "set the forecolor of char 5 to 10 of

Re: More than 256 colors in forecolor (for field)?

2004-12-07 Thread Daniel Nelson
Use color and bgcolor instead of forecolor and backcolor. Regards, Daniel [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning a

More than 256 colors in forecolor (for field)?

2004-12-07 Thread Karl Cifius
Hi, Is it possible to set a color that is not 8-bit to a word in a Field using forecolor at runtime? The forecolor needs an integer right? It doesn't matter what number I choose it stills turn out in the first 255 range. -- test: set the forecolor of member 1 to 1643543 (or any high color numbe