+static QColor stringToColor(QString strColor)
+{
+ bool ok = false;
+ QColor color("black");
+ int intval = 0;
+
+ if (strColor.startsWith("0x")) {
+ // Format must be 0xRRGGBBAA
+ intval = strColor.toUInt(&ok, 16);
+ color.setRgb( ( intval >> 24 ) & 0xff, // r
+ ( intval >> 16 ) & 0xff, // g
+ ( intval >> 8 ) & 0xff, // b
+ ( intval ) & 0xff ); // a
+ } else if (strColor.startsWith("#") && strColor.length() == 9) {
+ // Format must be #AARRGGBB
+ strColor = strColor.replace('#', "0x");
+ intval = strColor.toUInt(&ok, 16);
+ color.setRgb( ( intval >> 16 ) & 0xff, // r
+ ( intval >> 8 ) & 0xff, // g
+ ( intval ) & 0xff, // b
+ ( intval >> 24 ) & 0xff ); // a
+ } else if (strColor.startsWith("#") && strColor.length() == 7) {
+ // Format must be #RRGGBB
+ strColor = strColor.replace('#', "0x");
+ intval = strColor.toUInt(&ok, 16);
+ color.setRgb( ( intval >> 16 ) & 0xff, // r
+ ( intval >> 8 ) & 0xff, // g
+ ( intval ) & 0xff, // b
+ 0xff ); // a
+ }
+
+ return color;
+}