> I want to change immediately the colors in my program (Turbo Pascal for
> Windows) without redrawing the
> complete surface. On a 256-color-monitor this ist possible with the command
> "AnimatePalette" (I use
> a palette), but it doesn't work with 16-bit-colors. Can someone help me?
> By the way, what is largest number of colors that can be put into a palette?

> Thank you very much for this information (I didn't knew it).
> So if I understood you well, I can't use a palette in a 16-bit color-mode
> (or more); that means the command "AnimatePalette" shows no effect if I
> change the colors of a palette?(Why does it exist if it's useless?)
> Isn't there any way to change the colors on the display without redrawing
> it - like it is possible on a 256-color-monitor with "AnimatePalette"?

> Klam wrote:

> > Thank you very much for this information (I didn't knew it).
> > So if I understood you well, I can't use a palette in a 16-bit color-mode
> > (or more); that means the command "AnimatePalette" shows no effect if I
> > change the colors of a palette?(Why does it exist if it's useless?)
> > Isn't there any way to change the colors on the display without redrawing
> > it - like it is possible on a 256-color-monitor with "AnimatePalette"?

> Oh, this is too much Windows stuff for me :-)))

> Please ask this in a Windows programmer newsgroup, like the
> Delphi groups. Or try to get information from the Microsoft
> homepage. I suggest you look for the MSDN pages.

> But - it is also a hardware / video driver issue.

> Regards,
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