Hi Phil,

>Other than modifying the avi itself, is there a way to change it?

Try looking for an identical one, except for the pink part..

>I have tries this.oleobj1.displaybackcolor and forecolor, but it ignores it.

Actully it doesn't ignore it. You were modifying the colors for the display, as in the how many seconds have elapsed, ect. but you couldn't see that because that display was probably disabled, right?

Anyway, I'll keep looking for alternate avi files. And would you let us know if you found a library or something as well?