Where does HexValueAttribute live in the IronWord API?

HexValueAttribute is in the IronWord.Models.Enums namespace, shipped in IronWord.dll. It derives from System.Attribute (System.Object then Attribute) and decorates enum members that carry a hex value.

How do you read the hex value from an enum member in C#?

Retrieve the HexValueAttribute applied to the member by reflection, then read its get-only HexValue property. The constructor HexValueAttribute(string hexValue) sets that value when the member is declared.

Class HexValueAttribute

Inheritance

System.Object

HexValueAttribute

Namespace: IronWord.Models.Enums

Assembly: IronWord.dll

Syntax

public class HexValueAttribute : Attribute

HexValueAttribute is the annotation that pins a hexadecimal string to an enum member, so a named value can also carry its raw hex form. It decorates the members of color and theme enumerations in IronWord, letting a single member stand for both a readable name and the exact hex code Word stores.

You attach it to a field by passing the hex string to its constructor, HexValueAttribute(string hexValue), and you read it back through the get-only HexValue property after retrieving the attribute by reflection. Because HexValue is read-only, the value is fixed at the point the member is declared and cannot be reassigned at runtime. In day-to-day code you rarely construct this attribute yourself; it is applied to library enum members, and you consume it by inspecting the HexValue of the member you selected. The add styled text example shows where colored and themed text is configured, and the gradient text effect example applies color stops to text.

var attribute = new HexValueAttribute("FFFFFF");
string hex = attribute.HexValue;

Constructors

HexValueAttribute(String)

Declaration

public HexValueAttribute(string hexValue)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	hexValue

Properties

HexValue

Declaration

public string HexValue { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String