Text color

The following example shows how to set the foreground color of inline text using a TextStyle.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office.Odf;
using Independentsoft.Office.Odf.Styles;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            TextDocument doc = new TextDocument();

            TextStyle redStyle = new TextStyle("Red");
            redStyle.Color = "#FF0000";
            doc.AutomaticStyles.Styles.Add(redStyle);

            TextStyle greenStyle = new TextStyle("Green");
            greenStyle.Color = "#008000";
            doc.AutomaticStyles.Styles.Add(greenStyle);

            TextStyle blueStyle = new TextStyle("Blue");
            blueStyle.Color = "#0000FF";
            doc.AutomaticStyles.Styles.Add(blueStyle);

            AttributedText redSpan = new AttributedText();
            redSpan.Add("Red text");
            redSpan.Style = "Red";

            AttributedText greenSpan = new AttributedText();
            greenSpan.Add("Green text");
            greenSpan.Style = "Green";

            AttributedText blueSpan = new AttributedText();
            blueSpan.Add("Blue text");
            blueSpan.Style = "Blue";

            Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph();
            p1.Add(redSpan);
            p1.Add(" ");
            p1.Add(greenSpan);
            p1.Add(" ");
            p1.Add(blueSpan);
            doc.Body.Add(p1);

            doc.Save("c:\\test\\output.odt", true);
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Odf
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Odf.Styles

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
        Dim doc As TextDocument = New TextDocument

        Dim redStyle As New TextStyle("Red")
        redStyle.Color = "#FF0000"
        doc.AutomaticStyles.Styles.Add(redStyle)

        Dim greenStyle As New TextStyle("Green")
        greenStyle.Color = "#008000"
        doc.AutomaticStyles.Styles.Add(greenStyle)

        Dim blueStyle As New TextStyle("Blue")
        blueStyle.Color = "#0000FF"
        doc.AutomaticStyles.Styles.Add(blueStyle)

        Dim redSpan As New AttributedText
        redSpan.Add("Red text")
        redSpan.Style = "Red"

        Dim greenSpan As New AttributedText
        greenSpan.Add("Green text")
        greenSpan.Style = "Green"

        Dim blueSpan As New AttributedText
        blueSpan.Add("Blue text")
        blueSpan.Style = "Blue"

        Dim p1 As New Paragraph
        p1.Add(redSpan)
        p1.Add(" ")
        p1.Add(greenSpan)
        p1.Add(" ")
        p1.Add(blueSpan)
        doc.Body.Add(p1)

        doc.Save("c:\test\output.odt", True)
    End Sub
End Module

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