C# .NET - Very simple question - Asked By Vlince on 20-Jul-14 02:20 PM

I've created a simple winform that has a label1 and a button1. By default, the label1 has a background color of "red" when I click the button1 I want the label1's bacground color to change from "red" to "green"

simple right :) !!!

When I try:

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private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
label1.BackColor = "green";
button1.Text = "test"; 
}
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When I execute I get this error message:
C:\BegCSharp\Chapter10\WindowsApplication\Form1.cs(174): Cannot implicitly convert type 'string' to 'System.Drawing.Color'

Now when I double click the error message it bring me to the "green" string. If I comment the :
//label1.BackColor = "green";
line, then everything works great.

Reading the error message made me realized that it cannot *implicitly* convert type 'string'
So then decided that "ok, I'll define a variable as string this way I'm not *implicitly* creating a type 'string', I'm Explicitly creating one" so I've changed the code to this:

private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
string MyColor = "green";
label3.BackColor = MyColor;
button1.Text = "test"; 
}

Still get the same error, now perhaps I'm missing something since this approach does/should work no ???

Look up System.Drawing.Color in WINCV:
  public virtual bool Equals(object obj);
    public static System.Drawing.Color FromArgb(int alpha, System.Drawing.Color baseColor);
    public static System.Drawing.Color FromArgb(int alpha, int red, int green, int blue);
    public static System.Drawing.Color FromArgb(int argb);
    public static System.Drawing.Color FromArgb(int red, int green, int blue);
    public static System.Drawing.Color FromKnownColor(System.Drawing.KnownColor color);
    public static System.Drawing.Color FromName(string name);
    public float GetBrightness();
    public virtual int GetHashCode();
    public float GetHue();
    public float GetSaturation();
    public Type GetType();
    public int ToArgb();
    public System.Drawing.KnownColor ToKnownColor();
    public virtual string ToString();
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You need to use one of the overriden  conversion methods 
listed. e.g. , " FromArgb(int alpha, int red, int green, int blue);"

Many colors pre-defined in class Color. you can get these colors by using Color.Green, Color.Red, etc.