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    Bret Faller
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    How can I find out what the color of the desktop icons' text is? It looks like GetSysColor won't do it. Any help is greatly appreciated. Bret Faller Odyssey Computing, Inc.

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      How can I find out what the color of the desktop icons' text is? It looks like GetSysColor won't do it. Any help is greatly appreciated. Bret Faller Odyssey Computing, Inc.

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      The icon text color appears to be derived from the desktop background color. I think it's either black or white, depending on the desktop background. /ravi "There's always one more bug..." http://www.ravib.com ravib@ravib.com

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        The icon text color appears to be derived from the desktop background color. I think it's either black or white, depending on the desktop background. /ravi "There's always one more bug..." http://www.ravib.com ravib@ravib.com

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        But how do I find out if its black or white? Also, there is a utility called SetTextColor made by Pact Software www.12ghosts.com which says they send a message to the desktop telling it to change the icon text color...how do they do that? Thanks. Bret Faller Odyssey Computing, Inc.

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          The icon text color appears to be derived from the desktop background color. I think it's either black or white, depending on the desktop background. /ravi "There's always one more bug..." http://www.ravib.com ravib@ravib.com

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          Do you know how to get the hue/luminance of a color? That is what its based on. Thanks. Bret Faller Odyssey Computing, Inc.

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            Do you know how to get the hue/luminance of a color? That is what its based on. Thanks. Bret Faller Odyssey Computing, Inc.

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            Maybe this will help: http://www.codeproject.com/bitmap/ccolor.asp /ravi "There is always one more bug..." http://www.ravib.com ravib@ravib.com

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