In addition to Douglas and Armin's replies: There are seven ways to set colors in AreaList Pro, using numbers or strings. See the v9 manual on page 123: http://www.e-node.net/ftp/AreaListPro/9.9.5_Previous_version/AreaListPro_Manual.pdf
And, as Douglas mentioned, the alpha channel (transparency) is fully supported… Tim: you could also give a try to CalendarSet (www.e-node.net/cs), which does this automatically (and supports drag and drop from/to AreaList Pro). Regards, -- Philippe Ganter www.e-node.net > On 12 May 2019, at 21:13, Douglas von Roeder via 4D_Tech > <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > > Tim: > > ALP gives a lot of control over colorization. In this case, you want to > color a column so the column commands are used. > > In addition to the docs, under “Working with Color”, the constants are > listed in the Constants section of the Explorer under ALP Column > Properties. The one that you’re looking for is ALP_Column_BackColor. That’s > a text property so your code could look like this: > > $column_L:=-2 //-2 sets all columns when using the new version of ALP - it > was 0 in ALP V8 > $column_L:=1 > AL_SetColumnTextProperty ($eList;$column_L;ALP_Column_BackColor;"#FFEEEEEE") > > That’s a light gray color - “#FF808080” is darker. In addition to > supporting the color, the first two characters are the alpha channel > > ALP allows you to use some colors by name (“white", “red", "green", etc.) > as well as the string of the value from the color palette (“P201”) > > -- > Douglas von Roeder > 949-336-2902 > >> On 12 May 2019, at 21:13, ADeeg via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: >> >> Tim, >> >> the ALP v9 pdf manual shows you the different options at page 127 >> >> for column 6 and 7 >> AL_SetColumnLongProperty (eList;6;ALP_Column_BackColor;0xFFAAEECC) >> AL_SetColumnLongProperty (eList;7;ALP_Column_BackColor;0xFFAAEECC) >> >> Armin > >>> On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 9:34 AM Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech >>> <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> >>> wrote: >> >>> AreaList Pro question… I have an array based area that has columns for >>> each day of the week. I want to have the Sunday and Saturday columns show >>> with a light gray background. >>> >>> I can set the background color for rows that have data, but the area is >>> not always filled with data. So rows with no data show a white background. >>> >>> What ALP command do I use to set the default background color for a column >>> so that it draws that color even there is no data in the area, or if the >>> row has no data? >>> >>> Tim >>> >>> ***************************************** >>> Tim Nevels >>> Innovative Solutions >>> 785-749-3444 >>> timnev...@mac.com >>> ***************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
