Code Generation

[CGuy]

Hi,

I am currently developing a C# code generator which works as follows.

1. A form is described using an XAML like XML grammar

e.g: <Form Name="frmTest" Size="100,100" Location="10,20">
<TextBox Name="FirstName" Location = "25,25"/>
.........

2. A C# application parses the above configuration file and generates C#
code for the layout of the form as well as it's child controls.

Almost everything works fine except for a few things.

1. Control properties that represent a color (properties which are of type
System.Drawing.Color) - these don't work well (right now I use a hack).

My basic code loigic is that I read a given control node from the config
file (e.g: <TextBox Name="FirstName" Location = "25,25"/>), process each
attribute (which represents a propety of the object), and format the
attribute value as per the type of the property.

My question is - how can I generate the following code

this.textBox1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue;

from the config file that has

<TextBox Name="textBox1" BackColor="Blue"/>

Also, how can I generate the following code

this.textBox1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(10,10,10,10);
from the config file that has

<TextBox Name="textBox1" BackColor="10,10,10,10"/>

Note the difference - one is named color and the other is not.

Please help.

CGuy