DEFAULTCOLOR

The _DEFAULTCOLOR function returns the current default (text/drawing) color for an image handle or page.

Syntax

col~& = _DEFAULTCOLOR [(imageHandle&)]

Parameters

• If imageHandle& is omitted, it is assumed to be the current write page or image designated by _DEST.
• If imageHandle& is an invalid handle, an Invalid handle error occurs. Check handle values first. Zero designates the current screen.

Description

• Use it to get the current default (foreground) color to restore it later in a program.
• In legacy SCREEN modes and in _NEWIMAGE 256 colors mode the color attribute/palette index is returned.
• In _NEWIMAGE 32-bit mode the _RGBA32 value (&H00000000 to &HFFFFFFFF) is returend, make sure to store it in an _UNSIGNED LONG variable (as seen in the syntax above with the ~& suffix), otherwise the blue component may be lost.

Examples

Example

Storing the default color for later use. The default color is the color set as foreground.

SCREEN 0 COLOR 4, 7 'set color 4 as foreground, color 7 as background CLS col~& = _DEFAULTCOLOR PRINT col~&

4

See also

• _BACKGROUNDCOLOR
• COLOR, _DEST
• SCREEN, SCREEN (function)
• Color Dialog Box

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