>>>Hi. I can't seem to rid mylistbox of it's dull gray color and put in a color of my choice. I am attempting to do this in the modi class method.
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>>Never tried this, but I think you could play with Listbox.ColorScheme property.
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>I've fooled around with that but it's having NO effect. I must have inadvertantly checked off some other feature that I shouldn't have?

As it's written in Help, you can use ColorScheme property if ColorSource property =2. Moreover, you will have to define your own color scheme (see SET Color Scheme article in Help). You see, alot of troubles for actually unsignificant listbox coloring.