StartColor Property

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Property StartColor As Color

'Usage
 
Dim instance As GradientEffect
Dim value As Color
 
instance.StartColor = value
 
value = instance.StartColor

public Color StartColor {get; set;}

Property Value

A System.Drawing.Color value indicates the start color of gradient.
The default is System.Drawing.Color.White.

This example sets properties for the list header pane in the drop-down list.

C#

GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.GradientEffect grade = new GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.GradientEffect();
grade.StartColor = Color.Aqua;
grade.EndColor = Color.Orange;

GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.GcComboBoxCellType gccombo = new GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.GcComboBoxCellType();
gccombo.Items.AddRange(new string[] { "Feta", "Havarti", "Swiss" });
gccombo.Items[0].BackColor = Color.Beige;
gccombo.Items[1].BackColor = Color.Cornsilk;
gccombo.Items[2].BackColor = Color.PeachPuff;
gccombo.ListHeaderPane.GradientEffect = grade;
gccombo.ListHeaderPane.Font = new Font("Calibri", 10);
gccombo.ListHeaderPane.Visible = true;
gccombo.ListHeaderPane.AutoHeight = false;
gccombo.ListHeaderPane.Height = 30;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1, 1].CellType = gccombo;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Columns[1].Width = 200;
fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Rows[1].Height = 40;

Visual Basic

Dim grade As New GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.GradientEffect()
grade.StartColor = Color.Aqua
grade.EndColor = Color.Orange

Dim gccombo As New GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType.GcComboBoxCellType()
gccombo.Items.AddRange(New String() {"Feta", "Havarti", "Swiss"})
gccombo.Items(0).BackColor = Color.Beige
gccombo.Items(1).BackColor = Color.Cornsilk
gccombo.Items(2).BackColor = Color.PeachPuff
gccombo.ListHeaderPane.GradientEffect = grade
gccombo.ListHeaderPane.Font = New Font("Calibri", 10)
gccombo.ListHeaderPane.Visible = True
gccombo.ListHeaderPane.AutoHeight = False
gccombo.ListHeaderPane.Height = 30
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(1, 1).CellType = gccombo
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Columns(1).Width = 200
FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Rows(1).Height = 40

Target Platforms: Windows 2000 Professional (SP4), Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server (SP1), Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 2008, Windows XP (SP2), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10

Reference

GradientEffect Class
GradientEffect Members