formcolor
formcolor
COLOR

The formcolor statement changes the background color of the current form.

Parameters

This statement has one parameter:

color – is the new background color (see Colors).

Description

This statement changes the background color of the current form. The default background color is white, but you can change it to any color with this statement. (The background color can also be changed manually by going into Graphics Mode and using the Property Inspector.) A procedure can find out what the current background form color is with the info(“formcolor”) function.

The example sets the background color to light gray.

    formcolor rgb(56000,56000,56000)

Note: If you want to change the background of another form (not the current form) use the setformoptions statement.

See Also

- alpha( -- extracts the alpha (opacity) from a color.
- black( -- returns black as a Panorama color value (see Colors).
- blue( -- extracts the blue intensity from a color.
- brightness( -- extracts the brightness from a color.
- Colors -- Using colors in Panorama formulas and procedures.
- colorwheel -- allows the user to pick a color using the operating systems standard color picker dialog
- getwebcolor( -- calculates an RGB color from a Netscape style web color.
- gray( -- returns a shade of gray as a Panorama color value (see Colors).
- green( -- extracts the green intensity from a color.
- hsb( -- creates a color by combining hue, saturation, and brightness components. See Colors.
- htmlcolor( -- converts a color name into a hex HTML color (RRGGBB format).
- htmlcolorarray( -- generates a text array of HTML colors that gradually transition from one color to another.
- htmlrgb( -- converts text formatted as an HTML color into a Panorama color value (see Colors).
- htmlrgbstr( -- converts a color to text formatted as an HTML color.
- hue( -- extracts the hue from a color.
- info("colornames") -- returns a list of color names that can be used as a text object background and with the htmlcolor( function.
- info("formcolor") -- returns the background color of the current form.
- red( -- extracts the red intensity from a color.
- rgb( -- creates a color by combining red, green, and blue primary colors. See Colors.
- rgbstr( -- converts a color into text in the format *red,green,blue*.
- saturation( -- extracts the saturation from a color.
- white( -- returns white as a Panorama color value (see Colors).

History

Version | Status | Notes
10.0 | No Change | Carried over from Panorama 6.0.