Hi,

I'm working with VB4 on NT4.0 and I would like to present our users with a
reduced set of system colors (the users do not have access to the control
panel).

Does anyone know how to retrieve the color sets and how to apply one of them ?

Thanks,

Olivier

From Win32 SDK:

The GetSysColor function retrieves the current color of the specified
display element. Display elements are the parts of a window and the Windows
display that appear on the system display screen.
DWORD GetSysColor(
    int nIndex  // display element
   );  

Steve.

How to Set Windows System Colors Using API and Visual Basic
Article ID: Q82158

The color schemes are in the control.ini file under [COLOR SCHEMES], you might want
to check into SHELLing to the appropeate control panel applet.  I never tried, it, I
dont know if it is possible (I would guess if there is a will....)

Hope this helps!