Thanks Mark. I entered a bug report on this and it is being investigated. Meantime, I check for all the other "is a" possibilites first, then do my own check for a color.
Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Mark Wieder <mwie...@ahsoftware.net>wrote: > Peter Haworth <pete@...> writes: > > > As mentioned in my original post, I thought they were either three > numbers > > each between 0-255, a hex value, or a color name, but it sounds like it's > > possible to have a 4th integer as an alpha channel? IS that correct? > > I can't say whether it's right or not, but here's what the color parser in > the engine code (in uidc.cpp) does: > > check for a number > if that fails, > check against the colornames > return boolean for the colornames check > else > check for a second number (g value) > if only one number > dissect the first number into rgb components > else (we have r&b values) <g> > get a third number (g value) > if only two numbers, return False > parse the rgb values into a color variable > return True > > so 4th through nth numbers will just be ignored. > > -- > Mark Wieder > mwie...@ahsoftware.net > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode