How to parse an HTML color name to a SolidColorBrush in a Windows Store App

Question

In .NET there is a class to cast a text HTML colour name to a Color (in this case "Red"):

Color col=(Color)ColorConverter.ConvertFromString("Red"); 
Brush brush=new SolidColorBrush(col);

(Which I took from here: Cast Color Name to SolidColorBrush)

This works for pretty much all the colours that can be found on wikipedia

Is there an equivalent class/library for Windows Store Apps that can do the same thing?

I don't know much about *windows-store-app* . Isn't this available `var color = System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromHtml("red");` — I4V, Sep 10 '13 at 22:39
No unfortunately it isn't ... or at least it is not in the same namespace. — JustinHui, Sep 10 '13 at 23:07
If you're doing it frequently, you might just want to build and cache a dictionary like here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12751008/how-to-enumerate-through-colors-in-winrt — WiredPrairie, Sep 11 '13 at 13:31

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 11 '13 at 05:01

5

Try this

using System.Reflection;

public SolidColorBrush ColorStringToBrush(string name)
{
    var property = typeof(Colors).GetRuntimeProperty(name);
    if (property != null)
    {
        return new SolidColorBrush((Color)property.GetValue(null));
    }
    else
    {
        return null;
    }
}

answered Sep 11 '13 at 05:01

Farhan Ghumra

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FYI - `GetRuntimeProperty` doesn't exist in WinRT. – WiredPrairie Sep 11 '13 at 13:20
[It exists](http://stackoverflow.com/a/13197768/1230188). You need to manually write `using System.Reflection;` on top of cs file. – Farhan Ghumra Sep 11 '13 at 13:28
Ahh. It's an extension method. :) – WiredPrairie Sep 11 '13 at 13:30

How to parse an HTML color name to a SolidColorBrush in a Windows Store App

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