Convert string to Color

Posted by Corey on July 24, 2009 at 10:39 am.

Here’s a quick function on how to convert a Hex string to a Color in Silverlight. Grab the code here.

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Daniel Vogt Says:
July 25th, 2009 at 4:58 am

I would like to have a bearing on the alpha value. So I changed the method. With that I can use the following syntax:myObject.Foreground = ParseColor(”#AAFF0000″);Here is the changed method:public static Color ParseColor(string value) { value = value.Replace(”#”, “”); Int32 v = Int32.Parse(value, System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber); return new Color() { A = Convert.ToByte((v >> 32) & 255), R = Convert.ToByte((v >> 16) & 255), G = Convert.ToByte((v >> & 255), B = Convert.ToByte((v >> 0) & 255), };}
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Daniel Vogt Says:
July 25th, 2009 at 4:59 am

Sorry, but there is no possability for “code design”.
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John M Says:
September 5th, 2009 at 12:00 pm

Thanks this was perfect..nice and simple