Using a variable to supply a color to DrawRegion

[Grasul]

I would like my DrawRegion to change color based on a set of criteria, so I created a variable to hold the color I want:

string HighFillColor = "Color.LightGray";

However I get a compile error using this variable in my DrawRegion:


DrawRegion(FillCounter.ToString()+"FillTag",HighCounter,0,ROCPlot,HighLineValue[0],HighFillColor,HighFillColor,3);

I have tried setting HighFillColor to just "LightGray" and that doesn't complie.

I have also tried System.Drawing.Color(HighFillColor) and that didn't work either.

What is the correct syntax for setting a color using a variable in DrawRegion?

Thanks.

[koganam]

I would like my DrawRegion to change color based on a set of criteria, so I created a variable to hold the color I want:

string HighFillColor = "Color.LightGray";

However I get a compile error using this variable in my DrawRegion:


DrawRegion(FillCounter.ToString()+"FillTag",HighCounter,0,ROCPlot,HighLineValue[0],HighFillColor,HighFillColor,3);

I have tried setting HighFillColor to just "LightGray" and that doesn't complie.

I have also tried System.Drawing.Color(HighFillColor) and that didn't work either.

What is the correct syntax for setting a color using a variable in DrawRegion?

Thanks.

Hi Grasul, what newfangled stuff has Osi come up with on TTW recently?

On to your question, your code will not compile because color is not a string. You could convert it with a parser, but much simpler is to declare it as a color in the first place thus:

Color HighFillColor = Color.LightGray;

[Grasul]

Thank you very much.

Come by and check, Osi seems to be getting into his typical amount of trouble..

And btw, a pox on computer languages where Capitalization matters for syntax. I have enough trouble with spelling.