asp .net Get hexadecimal color to calendar

Question

I am trying to get a hex color using c# in ASp .net with the following code:

 System.Windows.Media.Color color = (Color)System.Windows.Media
                                                 .ColorConverter            
                                                 .ConvertFromString("##009999");
 Calendar1.BackColor = color;

and I get the following error:

Error 6 Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.Windows.Media.Color'

to 'System.Drawing.Color.

Any Help?

IF you need a System.Drawing.Color is there any reason you are going via a System.Windows.Media.Color? It looks like you have a pretty standard hex color string that could be converted to a Color directly I'd have thought... (via code like `System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#FFCC66")`;) — Chris, Mar 07 '12 at 09:52
Media.Color to Drawing-Color: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4615779/converting-system-windows-media-color-to-system-drawing-color — Tim Schmelter, Mar 07 '12 at 09:53

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 07 '12 at 09:58

In fact on rereading the question again I think this is the answer:

System.Drawing.ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#009999")

Note that you only want one # in the input string (so you may need to prune if your input has two).

This will give you a System.Drawing.Color which looks like it is what you want without worrying about System.Windows.Media.Color

asp .net Get hexadecimal color to calendar

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