Re: Best way to convert color values

2024-08-08 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Yet another gem for my Validations library. I should probably separate out the conversion stuff as a conversions library. Bob S > On Aug 7, 2024, at 11:14 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > wrote: > > Paul Dupuis wrote: > >> I can always write a routine to convert RGB to Hex and Hex to

Re: Best way to convert color values

2024-08-07 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Paul Dupuis wrote: > I can always write a routine to convert RGB to Hex and Hex to RGB, but > I am wondering if there is some clever trick in Livecode to do this. > > For example: answer color -- returns RGB, but the htmlText of a line > wants If the target of the htmlText is a LiveCode field,

Re: Best way to convert color values

2024-08-07 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Wow Andreas! You win on the best response! A free library of 70 color functions is way more than I need (but will likely need more than I think I do) Thank you. On 8/7/2024 12:24 PM, Andreas Bergendal via use-livecode wrote: No need to reinvent that particular wheel when the awesome guys at

Re: Best way to convert color values

2024-08-07 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Also https://dev.to/hichem-mg/comprehensive-guide-converting-rgb-color-to-hex-code-2fcb Google is your friend. :-) Bob S On Aug 7, 2024, at 9:04 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: You have RGB colors (0-255,0-255,0-255), Hex colors (#00 - #FF) and named colors ("blue") in Live

Re: Best way to convert color values

2024-08-07 Thread Andreas Bergendal via use-livecode
No need to reinvent that particular wheel when the awesome guys at FerrusLogic has had us covered for years: https://github.com/Ferruslogic/TinyColor /Andreas ons 7 aug. 2024 kl. 18:18 skrev Craig Newman via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > Hi. > > If Paul’s post is not viable, I

Re: Best way to convert color values

2024-08-07 Thread Craig Newman via use-livecode
Hi. If Paul’s post is not viable, I don’t think there is any native gadget (like “convert”) that applies to the different color formats. Fairly simple to roll your own, depending on how comprehensive you need it. Craig > On Aug 7, 2024, at 12:04 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > wrote: > >

Re: Best way to convert color values

2024-08-07 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I found a private function in the Quartam PDF Library. I don’t want to post it here because I don’t know the licensing. I believe it was a purchased product. If you have it you can probably find it. Otherwise it shouldn’t be too difficult to do the math. Bob S > On Aug 7, 2024, at 9:04 AM, P