Excel color picker tool to be used with ExcelCOM_UDF

[GreenCan 55]

For the ExcelCOM_UDF users amongst you.

This color pickup tool will allow you to select a color from the standard Excel color palette (same as the Excel color pane).

I think that this could be useful if you plan to develop Excel outputs in AutoIt.

Greencan

PS. I didn't find a way to implement the color option 2 of the ExcelCOM_UDF where

$iColorIndex > 254 and $hColor Hex value of color is used.

The colors are always different between Excel and Windows. I was tired of trying to understand the differences so this udf only functions with the interior color index

With a little bit of modification, this udf could be used for other means.

Edit: March 6, 21:50 Corrected a bug and color panel now displays the default color.

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;===============================================================================
; Function:         _ColorPicker
; Version:          AutoIt Version: 3.3.0.0
; Description:      Color Picker Tool for Excel Current Workbook Pallet 
;                   Returns the selected color
; Syntax:           _ColorPicker($_CPleft, $_CPTop, $_DefaultColor = "", $_Title = "Color Picker")
; Parameter(s):     $_CPleft - Left position of the Color Picker Window
;                   $_CPTop - Top position of the Color Picker Window
;                   $_DefaultColor - Array (element 
;                   $_Title - Optional title of the Color Picker Window
;                   $_Font - Logical, if True, then it is a font color, important for the default return which should be black 
; Requirement(s):   None
; Return Value(s):  On Success - Returns an Array Array with the following format:
;                       [0] AutoIt Hex color 
;                       [1] Excel Color number
;                   When Default/Transparent button is clicked
;                       [0] AutoIt color 0xFFFFFF 
;                       [1] Excel Color 0 (black/transparent)
;                   On Failure, more exactly on Escape or Enter - Returns: 
;                       [0] -1 or the default Hex color 
;                       [1] -1 or the default Excel Color number
;                        @error=1 - Specified object does not exist
; Author(s):        A. Greencan  - March 2009
; Note(s):          Excel Color information can be found on 
;                   http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/colors.htm
;
;                   Color table $ExcelColors
;                   The table is the standard palet of Excel 2003
;                   The color table can be expanded to contain all color elements, from 0 (transparent) to color 56
;                   The window size will grow dynaically
;                   Each color element contains:
;                       [0] Hex number of the Windows color
;                       [1] Number of the Excel color
;                       [2] Name of the color
;                       [3] Return value of the button
;
;===============================================================================
#include-once
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <ButtonConstants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

Func _ColorPicker($_CPleft = -1, $_CPTop = -1, $_DefaultColor = "", $_Title = "Color picker", $_Font = False)
    Local $_CP_GUI, $_TransparentBtn, $_HorCounter, $_VertCounter, $_a, $_msg, $_result, $_DummytBtn
    ; Color table  
    Local $ExcelColors[40][4] = [ _
        [0x000000,1,"Black",""], _
        [0x993300,53,"Brown",""], _
        [0x333300,52,"Olive Green",""], _
        [0x003300,51,"Dark Green",""], _
        [0x003366,49,"Dark Teal",""], _
        [0x000080,11,"Dark Blue",""], _
        [0x333399,55,"Indigo",""], _
        [0x333333,56,"Gray-80%",""], _
        [0x800000,9,"Dark Red",""], _
        [0xFF6600,46,"Orange",""], _
        [0x808000,12,"Dark Yellow",""], _
        [0x008000,10,"Green",""], _
        [0x008080,14,"Teal",""], _
        [0x0000FF,5,"Blue",""], _
        [0x666699,47,"Blue-Gray",""], _
        [0x808080,16,"Gray-50%",""], _
        [0xFF0000,3,"Red",""], _
        [0xFF9900,45,"Light Orange",""], _
        [0x99CC00,43,"Lime",""], _
        [0x339966,50,"Sea Green",""], _
        [0x33CCCC,42,"Aqua",""], _
        [0x3366FF,41,"Light Blue",""], _
        [0x800080,13,"Violet",""], _
        [0x969696,48,"Gray-40%",""], _
        [0xFF00FF,7,"Pink",""], _
        [0xFFCC00,44,"Gold",""], _
        [0xFFFF00,6,"Yellow",""], _
        [0x00FF00,4,"Bright Green",""], _
        [0x00FFFF,8,"Turquoise",""], _
        [0x00CCFF,33,"Sky Blue",""], _
        [0x993366,54,"Plum",""], _
        [0xC0C0C0,15,"Gray-25%",""], _
        [0xFF99CC,38,"Rose",""], _
        [0xFFCC99,40,"Tan",""], _
        [0xFFFF99,36,"Light Yellow",""], _
        [0xCCFFCC,35,"Light Green",""], _
        [0xCCFFFF,34,"Light Turquoise",""], _
        [0x99CCFF,37,"Pale Blue",""], _
        [0xCC99FF,39,"Lavender",""], _
        [0xFFFFFF,2,"White",""]]
    If $_DefaultColor <> "" Then 
        ConsoleWrite("default : " & "0x" & Hex($_DefaultColor[0][0],6) & " - Excel: " & $_DefaultColor[0][1] & @CR)
        If $_DefaultColor[0][1] = 0 Then
            $_result = -1 ; set for Default/Transparent button
        Else
            $_result = _ArraySearch($ExcelColors, $_DefaultColor[0][0], -1, -1, -1, -1, 0 )
        EndIf
    EndIf
    ConsoleWrite("result: " & $_result & @CR)
    If $_CPleft = -1 Then $_CPleft = ((@DesktopWidth - 215)/2)
    If $_CPTop = -1 Then $_CPTop = ((@DesktopHeight - 165)/2)
        
    $_CP_GUI = GUICreate($_Title, 215, 35 + (26 * round((0.4+(UBound($ExcelColors)/8)),0)),$_CPleft,$_CPTop,-1, $WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW)
    ; dummy button, need to create this to catch the enter which means no change
    $_DummytBtn = GUICtrlCreateButton("", 0, 0, 0, 0, $BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON)
    If $_result = -1 Then
        GUICtrlCreatelabel("", 5 ,5 ,205, 26 ,$SS_BLACKRECT )
        $_TransparentBtn = GUICtrlCreateButton("Default/Transparent", 7, 7, 201, 22)
    Else
        $_TransparentBtn = GUICtrlCreateButton("Default/Transparent", 5, 5, 205, 26)        
    EndIf
    GuiCtrlSetBkColor(-1, 0xFFFFFF )    
    GUICtrlSetTip(-1, "Default")
    $_HorCounter = 0
    $_VertCounter = 0
    For $_a = 0 to UBound($ExcelColors) - 1
        If $_HorCounter = 8 Then
            $_HorCounter = 1
            $_VertCounter = $_VertCounter + 1
        Else
            $_HorCounter = $_HorCounter + 1
        EndIf
        If $_a = $_result Then ; default color
            GUICtrlCreatelabel("", 5 - 26 + ($_HorCounter * 26 ),5 + 26 + ($_VertCounter *26),24,24 ,$SS_BLACKRECT )
            $ExcelColors[$_a][3] = GUICtrlCreateButton("", 7 - 26 + ($_HorCounter * 26 ),7 + 26 + ($_VertCounter *26),20,20  )  
        Else
            $ExcelColors[$_a][3] = GUICtrlCreateButton("", 5 - 26 + ($_HorCounter * 26 ),5 + 26 + ($_VertCounter *26),24,24 )
        EndIf
        GuiCtrlSetBkColor(-1, $ExcelColors[$_a][0]) 
        GUICtrlSetTip(-1, $ExcelColors[$_a][2])      

    Next

    GUISetState()

    $_msg = 0
    While $_msg <> $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
        $_msg = GUIGetMsg()
        Select
            Case $_msg = $_TransparentBtn ; Transparent / default button will return 0
                GUIDelete ( $_CP_GUI )
                If $_Font = True Then
                    local $res[1][2] = [[0x000000,0]] ; foreground should be black
                Else
                    local $res[1][2] = [[0xFFFFFF,0]] ; background should be white
                EndIf
                Return($res)                    
            Case $_msg = 6  Or $_msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE; enter or Escape - no change, will return -1 or the default color
                GUIDelete ( $_CP_GUI )
                If $_DefaultColor <> "" Then ; we will keep the default color if known, otherwise, return -1
                    ;local $res[1][2] = [[$ExcelColors[$_result][0],$ExcelColors[$_result][1]]] 
                    Return($_DefaultColor)
                Else
                    local $res[1][2] = [[-1,-1]]
                    Return($res)
                EndIf
            Case Else
                ; returns selected color numbers
                For $_a = 0 to UBound($ExcelColors) - 1
                    If $_msg = $ExcelColors[$_a][3] Then 
                        GUIDelete ( $_CP_GUI )
                        local $res[1][2] = [[$ExcelColors[$_a][0],$ExcelColors[$_a][1]]]
                        Return($res)
                    EndIf
                Next
        EndSelect
    WEnd
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Edited March 6, 2009 by GreenCan

[ptrex 82]

@GreenCan

Can be useful !!

Thanks

ptrex

[GreenCan 55]

Thanks ptrex,

I found a bug Corrected it and enhanced a bit The color panel now makes the default color visible.

To make the button visible I had to create a label under it, I couldn't find a better method.

I added a 5th parameter, the default return for the font was white but it needed to be black, so I had to pass 'foreground/background' to the function .

I worked too hard on this thing, costed me 3 evenings... Excel is so weird with the color use, not very Windows standard if you ask me. I would have prefered to use the _ChooseColor function but that was way too easy... Neither possible to create something to make the full 3136 Excel colors selectable. Thanks Bill !

GreenCan