Don't you want to make this a FAQ? Thanks.

Vlad

>You have to use the API. Here's a function that will do it:

>FUNCTION NumColors
>
>DECLARE INTEGER GetDC IN Win32API;
>  INTEGER hWnd
>DECLARE INTEGER GetDeviceCaps IN Win32API;
>  INTEGER hDC, INTEGER nIndex
>DECLARE INTEGER ReleaseDC IN Win32API;
>  INTEGER hWnd, INTEGER hDC
>LOCAL lnresult, lnhDC, lnplanes, lnpixels
>lnresult = 0
>lnhDC = GetDC(0)
>IF lnhDC > 0
>  lnplanes = GetDeviceCaps(lnhDC, 14) && 14 is the number of planes
>  lnpixels = GetDeviceCaps(lnhDC, 12) && 12 is the bits per pixel
>  lnresult = 2 ^ (lnplanes * lnpixels)
>  = ReleaseDC(0, lnhDC)
>ENDIF
>RETURN lnresult

>hth,