Microsoft KB Archive/196876

= BUG: getForeColor Returns Color(0,0,0) for Bound Elements =

Article ID: 196876

Article Last Modified on 6/14/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual J++ 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Software Development Kit for Java 3.1

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This article was previously published under Q196876



SYMPTOMS
Black [Color(0,0,0)] is returned when you call getForeColor on a bound element.



CAUSE
The Windows Foundation Classes (WFC) classes cannot retrieve the foreground color of an object until it is programmatically set.



RESOLUTION
Use the setForeColor method to programmatically set the element's foreground color.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
 In Visual J++, select New Project from the File menu. In the New Project dialog box, click the New tab. In the Visual J++ Projects tree, click Web Pages. Click Code-Behind HTML. Click Open to create the project.</li>  Modify Class1.java as follows: import com.ms.wfc.html.*; import com.ms.wfc.core.*; import com.ms.wfc.ui.*; public class Class1 extends DhDocument {  public Class1 {     initForm; }  private void initForm { }  protected void onDocumentLoad(Object sender, Event event) {     DhElement el = this.findElement("coloredText"); try {        this.newLine; this.addText("ForeColor:"+el.getForeColor.toString); }     catch(Exception e1) {        this.newLine; this.addText(e.toString); }     try {        el.setForeColor(Color.BLUE); this.newLine; this.addText("ForeColor:"+el.getForeColor.toString); }     catch(Exception e2) {        this.newLine; this.addText(e.toString); }  } }                        </li>  Modify Page1.html as follows: <HTML> <BODY> <OBJECT classid="java:com.ms.wfc.html.DhModule" height=0 width=0 ... VIEWASTEXT> <PARAM NAME=__CODECLASS VALUE=Class1> <PARAM NAME=CABBASE VALUE=Project1.CAB> </OBJECT>

<FONT color=BLUE> <SPAN id="coloredText">Testing...</SPAN> </FONT> </BODY> </HTML> </li> Run the project.</li></ol>

RESULT: The following web page appears:

Testing... ForeColor:com.ms.wfc.ui.Color [0, 0, 0] ForeColor:com.ms.wfc.ui.Color [0, 0, 255]

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