Office 2007 theme base color.

Hi,

Try something like:


calTheme.BaseColor = (uint)HexToDecimal("FF00FF");

        public int HexToDecimal(string HexString)
        {
            char[] HexColor = HexString.ToCharArray();
            int DecimalColor = 0;
            int iLength = HexColor.Length - 1;
            int iDecimalNumber;

            foreach(char cHexValue in HexColor)
            {
                if (char.IsNumber(cHexValue))
                {
                    iDecimalNumber = int.Parse(cHexValue.ToString());
                }
                else
                {
                    iDecimalNumber = Convert.ToInt32(cHexValue) - 55;
                }

                DecimalColor += iDecimalNumber * (Convert.ToInt32(Math.Pow(16, iLength)));
                iLength--;
            }
            return DecimalColor;
        }

On a similar note, I have a Date picker which I want to theme the same way I have themed the calendar. Naturally, I thought I could just do myDatePickerControl.SetTheme(calTheme); as I did myCalendarControl.SetTheme(calTheme); but this does not work. There is the DatePickerThemeOffice2007 which I have tried as follows:

DatePickerThemeOffice2007 datePickerTheme = new DatePickerThemeOffice2007Class();

and I figured I could then set the base color on that, e.g.:
datePickerTheme.BaseColor = (uint)HexToDecimal("70DB93");

and then do:
myDatePickerControl.SetTheme(datePickerTheme);

which would be the same as how the calendar theme is set. Does anyone have any clues as to how to achieve this?

Thanks in advance

Rory

Why you need to use hex instead of usual decimal RGB with 0-255 values for each base color (r, g, b)?