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SetControlColors

Valid for: CANoe DE • CANoe4SW DE

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Function Syntax

void SetControlColors(char[] panel, char[] control, long backcolor, long textcolor);

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Description

Sets the background and text color of: certain panel controls. The panel is accessed by its individual panel name that is entered in the Panel Designer.

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Parameters

  • panel: Panel name, restricted to 128 characters. "" – references all loaded panels.
  • control: Name of the control, restricted to 128 characters. You can only activate/deactivate the control with its name. If you want to use the name of a symbol (signal or system variable) you have to ensure that the control has no name instead of the individual control’s name.
    • The form for signals is: "Signal:<signal name>".
    • The form for system variables is: "SysVar:<name of system variable>".
    Note: Symbol assignment is not case sensitive. If you want to access all elements of a panel, the notation "" is used. Example:
    • "Signal:SleepInd"
    • "Signal:easy/MotorState/EngineSpeed"
    • "SysVar:SysVarTester"
    Note for ‘CAPL Output View’ Control: When changing the background and text color only the following/future output — using putValueToControl — is colored with the new one. The existing output stays unchanged in color.
  • backcolor: Color value (e.g. calculated by makeRGB). Note makeRGB:
    • Up to and including CANoe DE product version 12.0 SP2, the function makeRGB returned the blue value in the second byte and the red value in the fourth byte.
    • From CANoe DE product 12.0 SP3, the function makeRGB returns the color values in the correct order.
  • textcolor: Color value (e.g. calculated by makeRGB).

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Return Values

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Example

//Set the background and text color for a specific control of a panel
SetControlColors("motor", "PedalPos", MakeRGB(255,0,0), MakeRGB(0,0,255));

//All controls of the panel are set to the same background and text color
SetControlColors("motor", "", MakeRGB(255,0,0), MakeRGB(0,0,255));

//All controls of all panels are set to the same background and text color
SetControlColors("", "", MakeRGB(255,0,0), MakeRGB(0,0,255));
SetControlProperty • SetControlForeColor • SetControlBackColor • SetDefaultControlColors