Using Shape Color Values in MapPoint

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Microsoft Corporation

July 2004

Applies to:
   Microsoft MapPoint 2002
   Microsoft MapPoint 2004

Summary: Learn how to add fill color, line color, and text color to shapes that you create in MapPoint. (2 printed pages)

Contents

Introduction
Color Constants

Introduction

When you create shapes in Microsoft MapPoint (such as rectangles, ovals, and text boxes), you can add fill color, line color, and text color to them. If you set the color using a Microsoft Visual Basic color constant, MapPoint matches it to the closest color available in the MapPoint color list. For example, the color &H808001 is matched to &H808000. This article provides a list of color constants and their associated RGB hexadecimal values so that you can easily add MapPoint-specific color values to the shapes you create.

Color Constants

To create MapPoint color constants, insert the following code into a Visual Basic module, name it MapPointColors.bas, and change the Name property of the module to MapPointColors.

    Public Const mpBlack As Long = &H1&
    Public Const mpBrown As Long = &H3399&
    Public Const mpOliveGreen As Long = &H3333&
    Public Const mpDarkGreen As Long = &H3300&
    Public Const mpDarkTeal As Long = &H663300
    Public Const mpDarkBlue As Long = &H800000
    Public Const mpIndigo As Long = &H993333
    Public Const mpGray80 As Long = &H333333
    Public Const mpDarkRed As Long = &H80&
    Public Const mpOrange As Long = &H66FF&
    Public Const mpDarkYellow As Long = &H8080&
    Public Const mpGreen As Long = &H8000&
    Public Const mpTeal As Long = &H808000
    Public Const mpBlue As Long = &HFF0000
    Public Const mpBlueGray As Long = &H996666
    Public Const mpGray50 As Long = &H808080
    Public Const mpRed As Long = &HFF&
    Public Const mpLightOrange As Long = &H99FF&
    Public Const mpLime As Long = &HCC99&
    Public Const mpSeaGreen As Long = &H669933
    Public Const mpAqua As Long = &HCCCC33
    Public Const mpLightBlue As Long = &HFF6633
    Public Const mpViolet As Long = &H800080
    Public Const mpGray40 As Long = &H969696
    Public Const mpPink As Long = &HFF00FF
    Public Const mpGold As Long = &HCCFF&
    Public Const mpYellow As Long = &HFFFF&
    Public Const mpBrightGreen As Long = &HFF00&
    Public Const mpTurquoise As Long = &HFFFF00
    Public Const mpSkyBlue As Long = &HFFCC00
    Public Const mpPlum As Long = &H663399
    Public Const mpGray25 As Long = &HC0C0C0
    Public Const mpRose As Long = &HCC99FF
    Public Const mpTan As Long = &H99CCFF
    Public Const mpLightYellow As Long = &H99FFFF
    Public Const mpLightGreen As Long = &HCCFFCC
    Public Const mpLightTurquoise As Long = &HFFFFCC
    Public Const mpPaleBlue As Long = &HFFCC99
    Public Const mpLavender As Long = &HFF99CC
    Public Const mpWhite As Long = &HFFFFFE