Utilizing Hexadecimal Colors

[#1]

I have been given a list of colors to use in a document that I am working on. All of the colors I have been given are in hexadecimal format. I know that I can use the RGB() function to represent colors, but I'm hoping to avoid having to convert all of the colors from hex to RGB. Is there a way to utilize the hex values I've been given or will I need to convert everything?

[pljsoftware]

Hi,

I think no. If you want to use the hexadecimal color you can write a function to convert you color in rgb when you load your data an after use the rgb color.

[ChristofSchwarz]

Use the following function to convert your 6-digit hexcode. Note that you need to define the variable "vHexDigits", too.

SET vHexDigits = ['1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9','A','B','C','D','E','F'];

LOAD

     RGB(
           16 * Match(Upper(Mid(HexColor,1,1)), $(vHexDigits))
              + Match(Upper(Mid(HexColor,2,1)), $(vHexDigits)),
           16 * Match(Upper(Mid(HexColor,3,1)), $(vHexDigits))
              + Match(Upper(Mid(HexColor,4,1)), $(vHexDigits)),
           16 * Match(Upper(Mid(HexColor,5,1)), $(vHexDigits))
              + Match(Upper(Mid(HexColor,6,1)), $(vHexDigits))
      ) AS RGBColor

FROM ??? ;

Regards ...