Changing Font Color on a Label

you can do this with a richtextbox

if labelname=client1" then
labelname.styles.add("Color","red")
else
if labelname=client2" then
labelname.styles.add("Color","green")
end if

Clearly I must have mis-communicated my needs...

I need to change the color of part of a Label, not the entire label, and a RTB wouldn't apply, because I'm using a label not a textbox.
I believe this has something to do with Pens and Graphics, but I haven't really done much with colors programmatically, so need some help.

Ideally, I'd like to make my "text color changer" into a Function, so that I can simply say:

"The name of the client is: " changeToRED("Sally Smith")

and the results would be:
The name of the client is: Sally Smith    << Sally Smith in RED
Thanks,
Fulano

BTW, I just need the code to change the color, I can handle the Function part myself.
Fulano

you cannot use multiple colors in a single label, that's why I suggested to use a RTB instead to simulate a label (just give proper backcolor). To do this you would require to make the label owner-draw and draw the strings by yourself.
As an alternative you can use 2 labels with different colors each. Set both labels to be AutoSize. Once placed the text in both labels, you can move second label to be located at then end of first label.

Hi Rachitkohli,

I think you're 99% of the way there...the only problem is that all the text is on top of each other instead of appending to the line.

Any thoughts,
Fulano

alright.. just clear the text from the label in design time, since we are setting text in the runtime

>>the only problem is that all the text is on top of each other instead of appending to the line.
Then why not to just use 2 separated label controls?

I thought of that, but when I do that all the text disappears. It seems that each string begins at index 0, so they all end up on top of each other.

Actually based on the code, it should not appear over each other, since thats the reason we are using the SizeF variable "sz" which takes care of the width of text in pixels. 0 is nothing but the Y-Coordinate which has to be same for all DrawString, since they all are going to be on a single line.
Are you using the code as it is or have done some changes,. Thats the same code which i wrote 20min bak & was working well. One thing, did I told you to set AutoSize Property of the label to False.

@jaime_olivares:
No need for two different labels, as this can be done over one label itself by handling the drawstring functions seperatly for change of fore color.

>>I thought of that, but when I do that all the text disappears. It seems that each string begins at index 0, so they all end up on top of each other
I cannot understand your concern, just create 2 controls, one on the top of the other. give them different colors.
ensure them don't overlap. change the .Text property of them when you desire.

Hi Rachitkohli, I guess I missed the part where you said:

>>One thing, did I told you to set AutoSize Property of the label to False.<<

After changing  that, it worked GREAT!!!  Very nice coding...

Thanks for the help,
Fulano

Am sorry to miss that property change, anyways glad to see you happy.. ;)

Jaime_olivares, with all due respect, allow me to share some thoughts.

In life we have choices. We can either do things the way their always done, or we can seek new challenges and learn something new. I don't question the use of two controls. However, I challenged the group to seek a way to thing outside the box. Rachitkohli did that and he did a great job.  Even if I never use this code again, I learned something new. My theory in life try to learn one new thing each day and it won't be a wasted day...

I appreciate your desire to help, but sometimes we might want to think things out a little and see if we can't build a better mousetrap.

Thanks for the help,
Fulano

Very innovative thinking...!!!