Button to select a color?

[Yashied]

How can I make with AutoIt button to select a color like in Windows?

Thanks.

[Zedna]

_ChooseColor() is not sufficient?

[Yashied]

_ChooseColor() is not sufficient?

No, I need just a button. I am sure at 98%, that it is possible to realize by Windows (shell32.dll), but the question of how?

[Zedna]

No, I need just a button. I am sure at 98%, that it is possible to realize by Windows (shell32.dll), but the question of how?

I don't know either. I have seen some Delphi components for this.

I would like to see some elegant API call for this too ;-)

[Yashied]

Because this dialog is used by many programs (not just Windows), i will do the conclusion that this can be done with Windows API.

[martin]

Because this dialog is used by many programs (not just Windows), i will do the conclusion that this can be done with Windows API.

But _ChooseColor does what is wanted doesn't it? It uses a windows API and all you need to do is call it when a button is pressed.

Maybe I misunderstand what is wanted.

[Yashied]

But _ChooseColor does what is wanted doesn't it? It uses a windows API and all you need to do is call it when a button is pressed.

Maybe I misunderstand what is wanted.

martin, I want to do exactly as in my screenshot. As dialog Windows - Display Properties - Desktop. I want to have a pop-up dialog with 4x5 colors.

[Zedna]

I did some googling for: color picker button

and it seems there is no standard Windows API for this type of control

Web is full of custom controls either free or licenced which only reproduce look of that Window's control.

By the way it also used in MS Office.

Here are some good links:

A color picker button

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/colorbutton.aspx

A color picker dialog with a color dropper like Photoshop and Frontpage 2000

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/uucolorpicker.aspx

Delphi TColorPickerButton

http://www.sourcecodeonline.com/details/co...ker_button.html

Visual Basic Concepts

Using the Color Dialog Box

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa231234(VS.60).aspx

Color Picker ActiveX Control - not free

http://www.innovasys.com/products/colorpicker/overview.aspx

Edited June 7, 2009 by Zedna

[Yashied]

Thanks, Zedna.

[rover]

greetings Yashied, Zedna

a few more colorpicker links for design ideas

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/wtl/wtlcolorbutton.aspx

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/selection/Li...olorPicker.aspx

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/selection/do...olorpicker.aspx

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/colour_picker.aspx

[Yashied]

Zedna, rover, I have done on its own way. See my UDF.