Graphics.StringToColor Function

Translates a string representation of a color to the corresponding TColor value.

Pascal

function StringToColor(const S: string): TColor;

C++

TColor StringToColor(const AnsiString S);

File

Graphics

Description

Call StringToColor to reverse the translation performed by ColorToString. This method is useful for converting the strings entered by the user into useable TColor values.

The S parameter can be either the name of a built-in color constant, such as "clBtnFace" (Windows) or "clBtnText" (cross-platform), or the string representation of a valid TColor value such as "$02FF8800" (Delphi) or "0x02FF8800" (C++). StringToColor returns the TColor value that corresponds to the S parameter.

Note: If the string identifier can only be the name of a color constant, use IdentToColor instead.