>I want to set my own color scheme prior to running my app
>
>- I tried the WriteProfileString API call w/ no success
>- It does update the Control.ini but the colors are not changed
>dynamically. It seems the message is not being sent to Windows;
>- Should i use DDE?

You shouldn't use anything, because you shouldn't change the system settings. If you change system settings, they are changed for all applications. Do you like when a program does this on your computer? :)

Vlad