>         Does anyone know how I can edit Bitmap color Palette indexes or
> the windows System color Palette.  I need to be able to pull this off
> while in 16 bit windows, under 256 colors.  I also need to be able to
> edit the color indexes almost instantaneously.
>         Or preferably be able to fade or mix bitmaps colors together.
> For example if I were to give a flash light effect to a dark room.  Or
> the other way around as in shading a lighted room. I also need to work
> with more then just black.  I hope to be able to apparently combine a
> good number of colors together.  I used to be able to do this with 24
> bit color.  I would use BitBlt to PAINT bitmaps onto other bitmaps
> without masks, this would give sort of a ghostly effect or a lighted
> effect.  I found that not to many people use more then 256 colors
> though.  I also found that you can give this effect with 32 bit DLLs,
> but I can't use PC speaker sounds with 32 bit DLLs.
>         So, I hope some one can expand my knowledge on how bitmap colors
> work in relation to each other, while in 16 bit windows, 256 colors.
> Right now I just using VB 4.0 pro.

> I would appreciate a decent quick example or two.

> thanks in advance

>     Sean ...