Check all correct colors in ExtrudeEffect

Hi,

I create shape, paint it a color pantone Purple (for example). I apply to it Extrude effect and make  a extrude color -- solid Reflex Blue.
Then I want to get all extrude color:

If shTmp.Effects(i).Type = cdrExtrude Then
MsgBox shTmp.Effects.ExtrudeEffect.Extrude.BaseColor.Name & " " & shTmp.Effects.ExtrudeEffect.Extrude.BevelColor.Name & " " & shTmp.Effects.ExtrudeEffect.Extrude.ShadingColor.Name
endif

All colors are pantone Purple.

if I change a fill color to Control Rectangle (for example  pantone Yellow), then Msgbox code shows me correct information: Yellow ReflexBlue Purple

How I can get correct colors dont change color to Control Rectangle?

My main task is finding some color to everywhere. I have CorelDraw X6.

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  • This is another great place to use CQL. 

    Using the following code, select your shape with the Extrude Effect. The code will find the extrude group and group it to the shape, this way we can use a little CQL to get all the colors. 

    The CQL loops through all the shapes and finds the colors. We then filter the list to unique colors and sperate them with a comma. 

    The code then ungroups the group we created and selects the original shape again. We then display a message box with the list of unique colors.

    One note, the list will be every color that CQL finds, so that included the outline color of your shape.

    Sub CQLExtrudeColors()
        Dim s As Shape, sGroup As Shape
        Dim srToGroup As New ShapeRange
        Dim strColors As String
    
        Set s = ActiveShape
        
        srToGroup.Add s
        srToGroup.Add s.Effects.ExtrudeEffect.Extrude.ExtrudeGroup
        
        Set sGroup = srToGroup.Group
            
        strColors = sGroup.Evaluate("@children.foreach(array(), $lasteval.addarray($item.colors)).unique.convert($item.name).join(', ')")
        
        sGroup.Ungroup
        s.CreateSelection
        
        MsgBox strColors
    End Sub
    

    Happy coding,

    -Shelby

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