How do I generate a System::Drawing::Color array?

[Mark Salsbery]

I would expect this to work...

Color Color1[] = __gc new Color[3];

What about this?

Color Color1 __gc[]= new Color __gc[3];

BTW, this is SO much nicer in VC 2005+ (without the managed extensions) :) Mark

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[Dave Doknjas]

From the error message, you are using C++/CLI, so what you want is: array ^Color1 = {Color::Black, Color::Brown, Color::Red}; (edited Feb 19 to ignore html tags) David Anton http://www.tangiblesoftwaresolutions.com C++ to C# Converter C++ to VB Converter C++ to Java Converter Instant C#: VB to C# converter Instant VB: C# to VB converter Instant C++: convert VB or C# to C++/CLI Java to VB & C# Converter: convert Java to VB or C# modified on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 10:31 AM

[Mark Salsbery]

Ack!  Good eye - I don't know how many times I read it and missed the "^" LOL Cheers, Mark

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[Manfr3d]

Thanks but this also doesn't work, it just causes more errors.

[Manfr3d]

Thanks but it doesn't work. :(

[Dave Doknjas]

The code was mangled when posting (forgot to check "ignore html tags.."). It should be: array ^Color1 = {Color::Black, Color::Brown, Color::Red}; David Anton http://www.tangiblesoftwaresolutions.com C++ to C# Converter C++ to VB Converter C++ to Java Converter Instant C#: VB to C# converter Instant VB: C# to VB converter Instant C++: convert VB or C# to C++/CLI Java to VB & C# Converter: convert Java to VB or C#

[Mark Salsbery]

Yeah you were trying to use managed extensions (old) syntax so I assumed you were using VS 2002/2003 .NET. Since you're not, use the new array syntax (no more __gc) as shown by David Anton.

array<Color> ^Color1 = gcnew array<Color>(3);

or

array<Color> ^Color1 = gcnew array<Color>{Color::Black, Color::Brown, Color::Red};

or

array<Color> ^Color1 = {Color::Black, Color::Brown, Color::Red};

Mark *edit* Fixed the parenthesis above :rolleyes:

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[Manfr3d]

Hi Mark, I tried each of your suggestions, which should, as far as I know, do the same and work, but each caused errors: array ^Color1 = gcnew array[3]; error C2726: 'gcnew' may only be used to create an object with managed type array ^Color1 = gcnew array{Color::Black, Color::Brown, Color::Red}; error C3145: 'Color1' : global or static variable may not have managed type 'cli::array ^' with [ Type=System::Drawing::Color ] may not declare a global or static variable, or a member of a native type that refers to objects in the gc heap error C3145: '$S9' : global or static variable may not have managed type 'cli::array ^' with [ Type=System::Drawing::Color ] may not declare a global or static variable, or a member of a native type that refers to objects in the gc heap array ^Color1 = {Color::Black, Color::Brown, Color::Red}; error C3145: 'Color1' : global or static variable may not have managed type 'cli::array ^' with [ Type=System::Drawing::Color ] may not declare a global or static variable, or a member of a native type that refers to objects in the gc heap I really don't know why this doesn't work.

[Mark Salsbery]

hehe WTH? What version of Visual Studio are you using??  Are you compiling for clr? Mark

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[Manfr3d]

Well, I'm using Visual C++ Express Edition 2008. What do you mean with compiling for clr?

[Mark Salsbery]

This is managed code, so you must use the /clr compiler switch (Project settings/Configuration Properties/General/Common Language Runtime Support) Mark

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[Mark Salsbery]

Also, I fixed the code in my last post - maybe that will work better. Sorry about that :) Mark

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