Topic: True Colour help

[ROBBO]

Code - Auto/Visual Lisp: [Select]

1. (vla-put-TextColor (vlax-ename->vla-object e) acMagenta)

Although I can achieve the magenta colour for text as shown in the line above, but I would like to achieve the true colour 255,0,255.

I have tried, but failed. Any help or suggestions to achieve this goal would be much appreciated.

Kind regards, Robbo.

[ChrisCarlson]

Do you want true color or RGB? The property you listed is RGB format

//doh! had mixed up different programs, disregard above

I'd peruse Lee's site

http://lee-mac.com/colourconversion.html

[tombu]

Google acad_truecolordlg, for an object to be true color the DXF code 420 needs to be set.  I've attached a lisp for modifying attributes including color as an example. 

[Kerry]

Have a play

Code - Auto/Visual Lisp: [Select]

1. (defun c:doit (/ add stuff here)
2.   (setq colObj (vla-getinterfaceobject
3.                  (vlax-get-acad-object)
4.                  (strcat "AutoCAD.AcCmColor." (substr (getvar "acadver") 1 2))
5.                )
6.   )
7.   (vla-setrgb colObj 255 0 255)
8.   (setq thingy (car (entsel)))
9.   (vla-put-truecolor (vlax-ename->vla-object thingy) colObj)
10. )

[ROBBO]

Thanks all for the info. Will read up and have a play.

Kind regards, Robbo.

[ROBBO]

Had a go. Although I had some success. Was unable to change a text colour value within a dimension. Nevertheless have learned something and appreciated the help and advice above.

Kind regards, Robbo

[Kerry]

Ahhhh ..
http://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-36320A64-4513-4249-9FF0-ECF19C0B6EC1

TextColor Property (ActiveX)
Specifies the color of the text for dimension and tolerance objects.

>>> Colors can be set and read as numeric index values ranging from 0 to 256. Constants have been provided for the standard seven colors, as well as the BYBLOCK and BYLAYER designations. <<<