VB.Net/GUI/Dialog Color Chooser

Color chooser dialog

<source lang="vbnet"> Imports System Imports System.Drawing Imports System.Collections Imports System.ruponentModel Imports System.Windows.Forms Imports System.Data Imports System.Configuration Imports System.Resources

Public Class OptionsDialog

   Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

1. Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "

   Public Sub New()
       MyBase.New()
       "This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
       InitializeComponent()
       "Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call
   End Sub
   "Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
   Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
       If disposing Then
           If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
               components.Dispose()
           End If
       End If
       MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
   End Sub
   "Required by the Windows Form Designer
   Private components As System.ruponentModel.IContainer
   "NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
   "It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.  
   "Do not modify it using the code editor.
   Friend WithEvents okButton As System.Windows.Forms.Button
   Friend WithEvents changeColorButton As System.Windows.Forms.Button
   Friend WithEvents label1 As System.Windows.Forms.Label
   Friend WithEvents errorProvider1 As System.Windows.Forms.ErrorProvider
   Friend WithEvents colorDialog1 As System.Windows.Forms.ColorDialog
   Friend WithEvents _cancelButton As System.Windows.Forms.Button
   <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
       Me.okButton = New System.Windows.Forms.Button()
       Me.changeColorButton = New System.Windows.Forms.Button()
       Me._cancelButton = New System.Windows.Forms.Button()
       Me.label1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label()
       Me.errorProvider1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ErrorProvider()
       Me.colorDialog1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ColorDialog()
       Me.SuspendLayout()
       "
       "okButton
       "
       Me.okButton.Anchor = (System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)
       Me.okButton.DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK
       Me.okButton.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(32, 64)
       Me.okButton.Name = "okButton"
       Me.okButton.TabIndex = 5
       Me.okButton.Text = "OK"
       "
       "changeColorButton
       "
       Me.changeColorButton.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(120, 8)
       Me.changeColorButton.Name = "changeColorButton"
       Me.changeColorButton.TabIndex = 4
       Me.changeColorButton.Text = "Change..."
       "
       "_cancelButton
       "
       Me._cancelButton.Anchor = (System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Bottom Or System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)
       Me._cancelButton.CausesValidation = False
       Me._cancelButton.DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Cancel
       Me._cancelButton.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(120, 64)
       Me._cancelButton.Name = "_cancelButton"
       Me._cancelButton.TabIndex = 6
       Me._cancelButton.Text = "Cancel"
       "
       "label1
       "
       Me.label1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, 8)
       Me.label1.Name = "label1"
       Me.label1.TabIndex = 3
       Me.label1.Text = "Favorite Color"
       Me.label1.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft
       "
       "errorProvider1
       "
       Me.errorProvider1.DataMember = Nothing
       "
       "OptionsDialog
       "
       Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
       Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(208, 102)
       Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me._cancelButton, Me.label1, Me.okButton, Me.changeColorButton})
       Me.Name = "OptionsDialog"
       Me.Text = "OptionsDialog"
       Me.ResumeLayout(False)
   End Sub

1. End Region

   Private Sub changeColorButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles changeColorButton.Click
       If colorDialog1.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
           changeColorButton.BackColor = colorDialog1.Color
       End If
   End Sub
   Public Property FavoriteColor() As Color
       Get
           Return colorDialog1.Color
       End Get
       Set(ByVal Value As Color)
           changeColorButton.BackColor = Value
           colorDialog1.Color = Value
       End Set
   End Property
   Private Sub cancelButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles _cancelButton.Click
   End Sub
   Shared Sub Main()
       Dim myform As Form = New OptionsDialog()
       Application.Run(myform)
   End Sub

End Class

      </source>

Color dialog in VB

<source lang="vbnet"> Imports System Imports System.Collections Imports System.ruponentModel Imports System.Windows.Forms Imports System.Data Imports System.Configuration Imports System.Resources Imports System.Drawing Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D

Public Class MainClass

   Shared Sub Main()
       Dim dlg As ColorDialog = New ColorDialog()
       Dim res As DialogResult = dlg.ShowDialog()
   End Sub

End Class

      </source>

Customized Color Dialog

<source lang="vbnet"> Imports System Imports System.Data Imports System.Windows.Forms Imports System.Drawing Public Class MainClass

   Shared Sub Main()
       Dim dlgColor As System.Windows.Forms.ColorDialog
       dlgColor = New System.Windows.Forms.ColorDialog
       " Initialize the color dialog"s custom colors.
       Dim colors() As Integer = { _
             &HFF, &H11FF, &H22FF, &H33FF, _
           &H44FF, &H55FF, &H66FF, &H77FF, _
           &H88FF, &H99FF, &HAAFF, &HBBFF, _
           &HCCFF, &HDDFF, &HEEFF, &HFFFF}
       dlgColor.CustomColors = colors
       dlgColor.Color = Color.Red
       If dlgColor.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
           Console.WriteLine(dlgColor.Color)
       End If
   End Sub

End Class

      </source>