SysColor Written By: Mike Lee Version 1.7.22.91 (c) 1991 By Mike Lee, All Rights Reserved. This program may ONLY be distributed FREELY (without ANY fee). This program is provided AS-IS. Use it at your own risk. If you would like to donate money, car, computer, or, ... moral support, here is the address: 1772 67th Street Brooklyn, NY 11204 email: mklee@eniac.seas.upenn.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT SysColor will do for you: o You can change any of the 256 colors from a palette of 256k (or 16M). [Have not tested on 16M palette capable hardware, care to send me one?] o You can finally use the colors you want as system colors. o Auto-mode - have your colors set during boot-up. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- THINGS you need to know: o You may store SYSCOLOR.EXE anywhere you like. o The default filename for saving & loading color informations is SYSCOLOR.INI. o This program only supports video driver that is capable of keeping a 256 colors palette. If you only have standard VGA (16 colors), you may want to look for a program called VGACOLOR. (Alternately, you may wait for a new version of SYSCOLOR) Command line options: ============================= a FileName Auto-mode. The program will load FileName and changes the system palette accordingly. When done, it will terminate itself. (No memory taken!)* or FileName Interactive mode. Same as running the program without any parameter except the default filename SYSCOLOR.INI is now FileName. To "realize" your palette at boot up, add "load=SYSCOLOR.EXE" to your win.ini file. NOTE: when in AUTO-MODE, only SYSCOLOR.INI (which must be in the PATH) will work. Example: [windows] . . . load=d:\bc\syscolor\syscolor . . This will run SysColor in auto mode at boot up. It will also automatically load SYSCOLOR.INI in the d:\bc\syscolor directory. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SysColor is the first program I have written for Windows. So, Please e(mail) all your suggestions and comments to: Mike Lee 1772 67 Street Brooklyn, NY 11204 mklee@eniac.seas.upenn.edu p.s. How do you change a standard VGA (or 16 colors only) display's palette?