This is a simple application to demonstrate two different methods for selecting and converting colours between the three different formats used by Access: OLE, RGB & HEX

 

1. The colour converter utility can be used to:

   a) select a colour and view its OLE colour, RGB and HEX values

   b) convert colour values between these formats

 

   NOTE: This is a modified version of a utility by Daniel Pineault which is available at 

   his DevHut website

 

2. The colour categories utility is intended to assign colours to particular types of event

   For example, I use this in a calendar event application.

   This item also includes the use of the MS colour picker control

 

To use either of these in your own applications:

 

1. Colour converter

   Copy the form frmColourConverter and module modColourConvert

 

2. Colour categories

   Copy the form frmColourCategories, report rptCalendarCategories and module

   modColorChooser

 

 

UPDATES:

v2.2 08/03/2020: Fixed issue with the colour picker dialog in 64-bit Access.

v2.21 26/12/2020: Fixed 2027 date error! Thanks to Dave Thompson for spotting it!

 

   

Click to download Colour Converter v2.21      Approx 0.7 MB  (zipped)