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accessing a named color (swatch) - Rick Johnson - 05-05-2020
hdicoreArtColor.h includes a function to create a named custom color. According to the docs, the named color is automatically added to the swatches panel, even though "makeNamed" operated successfully.
Code:
hdi::core::ArtColor aColor = hdi::core::ArtColor::white();
bool success = aColor.makeNamed("TestColor");Am I doing something wrong?
Also, how would one retrieve a named swatch color? I would expect to find it in either hdicoreArtColor.h or more likely hdicoreCurrentDocument.h, but don't see anything.
I would presume that a document's colors are stored in its dictionary and thought I could find named colors there, but stepping through the document dictionary I don't see any entries of ArtColorType (presumably because it's "Reserved for future use").
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
RE: accessing a named color (swatch) - garrett - 06-30-2020
I'm sorry to say that the documentation has a typo, and should state that the named color is not added to the swatches panel.
Regarding accessing the swatches from the document (and adding a color to the list), we have not yet implemented Adobe's underlying AISwatchListSuite in hdi_core. This is a good feature to consider for future inclusion though, so I will add it to the list.
If you need to access/manipulate the swatch list before then, you can always work with the AISwatchListSuite directly.
RE: accessing a named color (swatch) - Rick Johnson - 07-04-2020
Thanks, Garrett, I'm really happy to hear you're adding that! -- rj