>>>>>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?
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>>Please, excuse me, and disregard my previous replies, and use Listbox.ItemBack/ForeColor properties.
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>Having some trouble applying this code.
>I tried
>thisform.myListbox1.ItemBackColor= "192,192,192" not to no avail.
>the properties panel only shows Listitem.

If you don't want to use Color Palette from Form Designer, you can set it code like Thisform.List.ItemBackColor=2344 && numeric (see 'Backcolor' article in Help for listing of available codes).