list of colors in custom properties

[david]

is there a way to choose a color for a shape by a list of colors in the custom properties?  i don't mean a list of strings like "red", "green", etc.  i mean that you can actually see the colors and choose whichever color you want.

for now, in my custom properties in the color option, the user should type a number in order to get the desired color (0 for black, 1 for white etc...)

thanks
David

[Visio Guy]

Hi David,

There's no color picker option. The only control "choices" are:

Text box
Fixed list drop-down
Editable list drop-down
Calendar

[david]

but there is a fill color button in visio.

is it possible to get from the custom properties the same window you get by clicking the fill color button?

[Visio Guy]

Nope, not without some very bad, hacky work-arounds that probably aren't worth the trouble.

But you can create a right-mouse menu item (Actions section in ShapeSheet) that calls the Fill dialog using the DOCMD function.

[mmulvenna]

Here is a way to do it with VBA I posted this a while back and use it extensively.
http://visguy.com/vgforum/index.php?topic=84.0

Be sure to scroll all the way down the posts to get the attachments.