Comments on: Formatting colors as strings with ActionScript http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/25/formatting-colors-as-strings-with-actionscript/ Just a bunch of Adobe Flex Examples Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:19:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: daniel http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/25/formatting-colors-as-strings-with-actionscript/comment-page-1/#comment-8745 daniel Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:26:55 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/25/formatting-colors-as-strings-with-actionscript/#comment-8745 Thank you, just what i was looking for Thank you, just what i was looking for

]]> By: Sam http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/25/formatting-colors-as-strings-with-actionscript/comment-page-1/#comment-7920 Sam Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:59:35 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/25/formatting-colors-as-strings-with-actionscript/#comment-7920 Fantastic post... exactly what I needed. Fantastic post… exactly what I needed.

]]> By: Peter deHaan http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/25/formatting-colors-as-strings-with-actionscript/comment-page-1/#comment-7719 Peter deHaan Mon, 17 May 2010 00:51:12 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/25/formatting-colors-as-strings-with-actionscript/#comment-7719 Thats what this function does (or is supposed to): <pre lang="mxml"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ private function intToHex(color:int = 0):String { var mask:String = "000000"; var str:String = mask + color.toString(16).toUpperCase() return "#" + str.substr(str.length - 6); } ]]> </mx:Script> </pre> So if the color is returned as "FF", it prepends "000000" giving us "000000FF" and then takes the last 6 chars (giving us "0000FF"), and then we prefix it with a "#". Peter Thats what this function does (or is supposed to):

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            private function intToHex(color:int = 0):String {
                var mask:String = "000000";
                var str:String = mask + color.toString(16).toUpperCase()
                return "#" + str.substr(str.length - 6);
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

So if the color is returned as “FF”, it prepends “000000″ giving us “000000FF” and then takes the last 6 chars (giving us “0000FF”), and then we prefix it with a “#”.

Peter

]]> By: UX flex http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/25/formatting-colors-as-strings-with-actionscript/comment-page-1/#comment-7718 UX flex Mon, 17 May 2010 00:20:55 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/25/formatting-colors-as-strings-with-actionscript/#comment-7718 Thank you. There are several algorithms out there that purport to do this, and yours is the only one I've found which actually works. The difficult element is ensuring that for blue, the algorithm returns #0000ff, and not #ff. OK I'm going to yelling bloody murder at my computer now. Thank you. There are several algorithms out there that purport to do this, and yours is the only one I’ve found which actually works. The difficult element is ensuring that for blue, the algorithm returns #0000ff, and not #ff.
OK I’m going to yelling bloody murder at my computer now.

]]> By: Nikos Katsikanis http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/25/formatting-colors-as-strings-with-actionscript/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Nikos Katsikanis Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:20:49 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/25/formatting-colors-as-strings-with-actionscript/#comment-79 Ah I see, thanks very much for you quick response. This is one of the best sities for learning flex, I'm going through every example. Ah I see, thanks very much for you quick response. This is one of the best sities for learning flex, I’m going through every example.

]]> By: peterd http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/25/formatting-colors-as-strings-with-actionscript/comment-page-1/#comment-81 peterd Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:00:22 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/25/formatting-colors-as-strings-with-actionscript/#comment-81 Nikos Katsikanis, I prefixed with "000000" so that the color black will display as #000000 instead of #0, and green would be #00FF00 instead of #FF00. Basically it was to ensure that the formatted number would always be six characters long. Peter Nikos Katsikanis,

I prefixed with “000000″ so that the color black will display as #000000 instead of #0, and green would be #00FF00 instead of #FF00. Basically it was to ensure that the formatted number would always be six characters long.

Peter

]]> By: Nikos Katsikanis http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/25/formatting-colors-as-strings-with-actionscript/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Nikos Katsikanis Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:05:27 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/25/formatting-colors-as-strings-with-actionscript/#comment-80 Thanks for this example. I was wondering why you prefix 000000 to the String? Thanks for this example. I was wondering why you prefix 000000 to the String?

]]> By: Ozgur Uksal http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/25/formatting-colors-as-strings-with-actionscript/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Ozgur Uksal Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:29:42 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/25/formatting-colors-as-strings-with-actionscript/#comment-82 pretty helpful pretty helpful

]]> By: BC http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/25/formatting-colors-as-strings-with-actionscript/comment-page-1/#comment-78 BC Wed, 07 May 2008 04:02:21 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/25/formatting-colors-as-strings-with-actionscript/#comment-78 wow, very nice wow, very nice

]]> By: peterd http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/25/formatting-colors-as-strings-with-actionscript/comment-page-1/#comment-77 peterd Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:59:51 +0000 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/25/formatting-colors-as-strings-with-actionscript/#comment-77 Ultraniblet, There is a ColorPicker control in the Flex framework (look in the mx.controls package). You can find the Flex 2.0.1 ColorPicker documentation online at <a href="http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/langref/mx/controls/ColorPicker.html" rel="nofollow">http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/langref/mx/controls/ColorPicker.html</a> or the beta Flex 3 documentation at <a href="http://livedocs.adobe.com/labs/flex/3/langref/mx/controls/ColorPicker.html" rel="nofollow">http://livedocs.adobe.com/labs/flex/3/langref/mx/controls/ColorPicker.html</a>. I also just wrote a brief post on it at: <a href="http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/07/31/using-the-colorpicker-controls-colorfield-and-labelfield-properties/" rel="nofollow">"Using the ColorPicker control’s colorField and labelField properties"</a>. Hope that helps, Peter Ultraniblet,

There is a ColorPicker control in the Flex framework (look in the mx.controls package).

You can find the Flex 2.0.1 ColorPicker documentation online at http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/langref/mx/controls/ColorPicker.html or the beta Flex 3 documentation at http://livedocs.adobe.com/labs/flex/3/langref/mx/controls/ColorPicker.html.

I also just wrote a brief post on it at: “Using the ColorPicker control’s colorField and labelField properties”.

Hope that helps,

Peter

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