[MrWobbles]

I have this code:

 Dim color As Drawing.Color
		Dim tempString As String
		If My.Forms.portfolioGenerator.portTabs.SelectedIndex = 0 Then
			tempString ="ff804040"
			color = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromHtml(tempString)
		End If
 Return color

And it is throwing this exception:

System.Exception: ff804040 is not a valid value for Int32. ---> System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.

It was working before, and I am not sure what changed to break it. If anyone sees something I am missing, please let me know.

This post has been edited by MrWobbles: 09 September 2008 - 09:17 AM

[Jayman]

You could try using the FromArgb method to convert the color.

color = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb("&H" + tempString)

[modi123_1]

I was under the impression that the value had to be a color name.. like 'blue' or 'red'.

From MSDN

Public Sub FromHtml_Example(ByVal e As PaintEventArgs)

    ' Create a string representation of an HTML color.
    Dim htmlColor As String = "Blue"

    ' Translate htmlColor to a GDI+ Color structure.
    Dim myColor As Color = ColorTranslator.FromHtml(htmlColor)

    ' Fill a rectangle with myColor.
    e.Graphics.FillRectangle(New SolidBrush(myColor), 0, 0, 100, 100)
End Sub

[MrWobbles]

That was the problem, it could have been either (Hex or Color name), I fixed that and now it works great.

This post has been edited by MrWobbles: 09 September 2008 - 11:34 AM