User (Legacy) Posted October 20, 2000 Report Share Posted October 20, 2000 I would like to recommend the niftiest pixel color tool, Pedit.exe. Shows you what are the rgb values of any pixel in a gif/jpg/ etc. Search for PEDIT.ZIP at www.shareware.com Steve Abram Krebs <duckwood@gamry.com> wrote in message news:BGJmr3qOAHA.1460@sfxserver.softwarefx.com... > Thanks for the pie chart idea. It may work. > > If not, do you or anyone else know the format in the registry of the > palettes? The actual colors do not start at the very top..there appears to > be some sort of a header in there as they all match to a certain extent... > > Thanks, > Abe > > "SteveT" <stephent@compassadv.com> wrote in message > news:$dJUjvhOAHA.1460@sfxserver.softwarefx.com... > I can tell you the palettes are stored in the registry: > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Software FX, Inc.\Chart FX\Palettes] > > They are stored in Hex numbers that's a bit daunting (but not impossible) to > decode. Basicly RGB(R,G, values stored in hex format. > > Lots easier to create a pie chart with 49 sections and for each palette loop > through the points and save off the color value in a Color Table > Fields like PALETTENAME, POSITION, COLORVALUE. > > Do this with a Pie chart (example in VBA, adjust for your purpose/platform): > > For i = 0 To nPoints - 1 > Debug.Print ChartFX1.Color(i) > Next > > > First 4 points of various Palettes: > > > "ChartFX 3.0" > 65280 (Green) > 16711680 (Blue) > 255 (Red) > 16711935 (Violet) > > "Nature" > 12638144 > 11593903 > 10535071 > 9429135 > > "Electric Fire" > 3129599 > 3117296 > 48127 > 1089520 > > > Steve > > Abram Krebs <duckwood@gamry.com> wrote in message > news:#6C1s3fOAHA.1460@sfxserver.softwarefx.com... > > Hello, > > > > I maintain a collection of series in my program which basically mimics the > > ChartFX series. The big difference however, is that I allow the user to > > hide a series... when I do this, I wipe all the data in the chart and put > > back only the pertinent data. Is there a way I can control the colors to > > make them the same. In other words, if I add two series, and the first is > > green and the second is blue..when I hide the first one, the second one > > turns green... > > > > I want to keep track of the colors...so what I need is information as to > > what the Nth color in the palette would be...how can I get this > > information? > > > > Cheers, > > Abe Krebs > > > > > > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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