Help with getNamedColor method

[Jeff]

I am having trouble using the method getNamedColor. I keeping getting an error Object reference not set to an instances of an object

This is what I have in my skin file.

<!-- name colors -->
<NamedColors>
<!-- Colors must be solid colors, not gradients -->
<NamedColor name="FreeSpace" color="Yellow"/>
<NamedColor name="UsedSpace" color="Tomato"/>
<NamedColor name="EstimatedPendingSpace" color="SlateBlue"/>
</NamedColors>

And this is a snippet of code.

Code:

// Get a reference to the skin helper
XmlDocument document = new XmlDocument();
document.Load(SkinUtilities.FullActiveSkinPath + "archive\\Disk Space Dialog skin.xml");
skinHelper = new SkinHelper(document, SkinUtilities.FullActiveSkinPath + "archive");

// Setup colors
if (skinHelper == null)
    Logger.Error("-- skinHelper is null -- ");

try
{
    FreeSpaceColor = new Color();
    FreeSpaceColor = skinHelper.getNamedColor("FreeSpace");
}
catch (Exception e)
{
    Logger.Error ("Video Archiver - Error loading color FreeSpace from "+SkinUtilities.FullActiveSkinPath + "archive\\Disk Space Dialog skin.xml "+e.ToString());
    FreeSpaceColor = Color.Green;
}

I have checked to make sure the skinHelper object is not null and I use it elsewhere in the same code block to read other settings so it seems to be okay. I also though perhaps I needed to allocate the color object before using it but that didn’t change anything either. Any ideas?

Jeff

[sub]

Actually, I had meant to make the method you're trying to use 'private'. It doesnt quite do what you think. Its actually just a utility call used by getNamedBrush() an others.

If will return a Color object what passed in #000000 - #FFFFFF or one of the predefined .net colours.

[Jeff]

OK; thanks. Now that I understand I've written my own method to do what I though this one did.

Jeff