Saving background color VB 2008

[desertavataraz]

I am trying to save the background color of my main textbox so that if a user changes it, those changes will be automatically save and retreived when the user re-opens the application. The code builds fine, but throws and error, saying "specified cast is not valid". It appears that the registry only accepts string values, but attempting to convert to a string has the problem of getting it back to a color value. So far nothing I have tried has worked. . . . This is VB 2008 . . . .

Dim bColor As Color
Try
bColor = Me.RichTextBox1.BackColor

My.Computer.Registry.SetValue("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ASM\CanvasColor", "bColor", bColor)

bColor = My.Computer.Registry.GetValue("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ASM\CanvasColor", "bColor", Color.LightGray)

Me.RichTextBox1.BackColor = bColor
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message & "  $%#&*!!!!")
End Try

[PRR]

Assuming that you have a valid string color in your string

string color = "blue";

that you read from registry or maybe xml file or database you can use

button1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromName(color.Trim());

You cant assign a string as background.. You need Color type...

[desertavataraz]

This is Visual Basic 2008, not C++, no "Trim" function is available for
color . . . .

The following is the solution to the problem . . .

            'Save color to registry
            Dim bColor As Color = Me.RichTextBox1.BackColor
            My.Computer.Registry.SetValue(regPath, "bColor", bColor.ToArgb())
            

            ' Retrieve color from registry
            bColor = Color.FromArgb(My.Computer.Registry.GetValue_
                              (regPath, "bColor", Color.LightGray))
            Me.RichTextBox1.BackColor = bColor