ColorTranslator.ToOle(Color) Method

public:
 static int ToOle(System::Drawing::Color c);

public static int ToOle(System.Drawing.Color c);

static member ToOle : System.Drawing.Color -> int

Public Shared Function ToOle (c As Color) As Integer

The OLE color value.

The following example is designed for use with Windows Forms, and it requires PaintEventArgs e, which is a parameter of the Paint event handler. The code translates a Color structure to an integer that represents an OLE color, and then shows a message box with the resulting string.

public:
   void ToOle_Example( PaintEventArgs^ /*e*/ )
   {
      // Create an instance of a Color structure.
      Color myColor = Color::Red;

      // Translate myColor to an OLE color.
      int oleColor = ColorTranslator::ToOle( myColor );

      // Show a message box with the value of oleColor.
      MessageBox::Show( oleColor.ToString() );
   }

public void ToOle_Example(PaintEventArgs e)
{
   // Create an instance of a Color structure.
    Color myColor = Color.Red;
             
    // Translate myColor to an OLE color.
    int oleColor = ColorTranslator.ToOle(myColor);
             
    // Show a message box with the value of oleColor.
    MessageBox.Show(oleColor.ToString());
}

Public Sub ToOle_Example(ByVal e As PaintEventArgs)

    ' Create an instance of a Color structure.
    Dim myColor As Color = Color.Green

    ' Translate myColor to an OLE color.
    Dim oleColor As Integer = ColorTranslator.ToOle(myColor)

    ' Show a message box with the value of htmlColor.
    MessageBox.Show(oleColor.ToString())
End Sub