Chagne backcolor of chart

[areis0324]

Hi,

 I have a color-picker which will generate a color code as "#000000".

Now, I try to change backcolor of chart by this color code.

  Chart1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromName("#000000");

But nothing happened..... If try with

Chart1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black;

It works.

What I lost? Thanks a lot.

[rkw6086]

It's because you're using the wrong method. :-)

System.Drawing.Color.FromName(string); only works with a name of a color like black, blue, red, orange, etc.... You're attempting to pass in a hexadecimal representation of a color so since the color name isn't a hexadecimal, the method returns pure white as a default.

Microsoft created a whole new method just for something like this. Instead of calling Color.FromName(string), call ColorTranslator.FromHtml(string), This will return you a color value based off your hexadecimal string.

[areis0324]

ya~ thanks your kindly answer, this is really a stupid question. :-(

I use this method as

button1.BackColor=Color.FromName("#000000");  // It displays black correctly

but

Chart1.BackColor=button1.BackColor; // It displays nothing

 Anyway I have solved this trouble, thanks very much.