ToolBook Color Picker
UPDATED VERSION (8. November 2007).
The ToolBook Color Picker works like the eyedropper tool in Adobe Photoshop
and other Tools, with the exception that the ToolBook color picker captures
colors from the entire desktop.
Installing
Download the ToolBook Color Picker
version 1.0.2 (43 KB) (for ToolBook 2004 or ToolBook 9) and unzip it. Then run the
ColrPick.sbk file.
Note: If you have allready installed a previous version
of the colorpicker simply overwrite the existing ColrPick.sbk located in
the ToolBook product directory (typically C:\Program files\Click2learn\Instructor
2004 for ToolBook 2004, and C:\Program Files\ToolBook\Instructor 9 for ToolBook 9)
A tool like this is not very useful as a standalone application, so if you click the text at the bottom where its says "Click here to permanently add to menu" it will add an entry to the view menu. For details on what happens see Uninstalling.
Instructions for use
Click the eyedropper icon to pick it up, release the mouse when you are satisfied with your selection.
You can drag the sliders to adjust the color, and you can double click either the HEX or the RGB field to copy the value to the clipboard. It is also possible to enter a color in in either of the HEX or RGB fields.
Once you are satisfied with color, you can apply it as the fillcolor or strokecolor (where applicable) to the selected object(s) by selecting either fill or stroke and pressing OK.
Uninstalling
What happens when the "Click here to permanently add to menu" is clicked is that the file copies itself to the ToolBook product directory (commonly C:\Program files\Click2learn\Instructor 2004) and add an entry in instructor.ini
[Startup options]
System Books=C:\PROGRA~1\CLICK2~1\INSTRU~2\ColrPick.sbk
This ensures that the book is loaded when you open ToolBook, and the color picker is accesible through the view menu.
To uninstall: remove the reference in the ini file - either manually, or better open ToolBook and go to the view/options menu, select startup, find the colorpicker in the list of startup system books and click remove. After this is done you need to manually delete the file ColrPick.sbk in the ToolBook product directory.
License
Its free - use at own risk. I dont offer any support on the tool, but I *am* interested in hearing about bugs so drop me a line at about it tlund@elearningspecialist.com and I will respond when time allows me to do so.
Acknowledgements
The radio buttons and the “OK” button used in the color picker
are created by Simon Price.
Check out his excellent ToolBook site: www.toolbook.org.
You can download all of Simon's XP Controls for ToolBook at www.toolbook.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi/2003/08/04?seemore=y#xp
Thanks to the people who gave me feedback on the tool - I appreciate it.
Happy ToolBooking
Tomas Lund