DOCUMENT:Q190553  07-AUG-1998  [vbwin]
TITLE   :INFO: Do Not Use VB Color Constants in DHTML Page Designer
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
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OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Learning, Professional, and Enterprise Editions
   for Windows, version 6.0
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SUMMARY
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Internet Explorer and Visual Basic use different formats for Color
literals. Internet Explorer's Object model uses a format of RRGGBB whereas
Visual Basic uses the format BBGGRR. When attempting to chance colors of
Dynamic HTML elements in your DHTML Page Designer project, use the RRGGBB
format. Do not use Visual Basic color constants such as vbRed and vbBlue.

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You will not be able to use Visual Basic's constants vbRed and vbBlue when
programming for the Internet Explorer's object model. Following are
examples of problems you will see when writing code in Visual Basic 6.0
DHTML Page Designer object using these constants:

field1.style.color=vbRed    'Will cause the text to be Blue
field1.style.color=vbBlue   'Will cause the text to be Red
field1.style.color=vbGreen  'Will cause the text to be Green

You will not be able to use the RGB function such as Hex(RGB(0, 0, 255)) to
specify colors for Dynamic HTML elements.

To change the color of the Dynamic HTML elements in your DHTML Page
Designer project, use the RRGGBB (where R=Red, G=Green, and B=Blue) color
constants.

The same applies to creating color constants for use in WebClasses in
Visual Basic 6.0 IIS Applications. Use the RRGGBB format color constants.

Additional query words: kbdsi kbDSupport kbVBp kbVBp600 kbInternet
kbWebClasses kbPageDesigner
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Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbinfo

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