Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!wetter From: wetter@cup.portal.com (Pierce T Wetter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Problems... Message-ID: <22075@cup.portal.com> Date: 12 Sep 89 01:19:51 GMT References: <13707@megaron.arizona.edu> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 8 To redraw the desktop you need to call PaintBehind with a big rectangle for the front window. Why do you need to jam the CLUT? Why can't you just use the Palette Manager and allocate a palette of 256 colors for your window? That way when your window is in front, you have all your colors. When its not, the system CLUT is active. Pierce