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From: nfs1675@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil (Michael S Figg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Help with reading System Palette
Summary: GetPrefs()
Message-ID: <3268@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil>
Date: 4 Jun 91 16:48:41 GMT
References: <1991Jun4.133739.9601@maytag.waterloo.edu>
Organization: Defense Logistics Agency Systems Automation Center, Columbus
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In article <1991Jun4.133739.9601@maytag.waterloo.edu>, markb@csg.uwaterloo.ca (Mark Brezina) writes:
> 
> 	Hi. I need to know how to read the current system palette as a series
> of RGB values.  I've tried GetSystemPaletteEntries() but that function returns
> 20 predefined colors, not necessarily the current colors Windows is using.
> 
> 	Any suggestions?  


Try looking at GetPrefs() and SetPrefs(). It has been a long time since I 
used these but I think GetPrefs() will return a pointer to structure having
all the preferances stuff in it. From there you can play with the colortable
values, changing them with SetRGB4() I think.


---Mike,


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