[RESOLVED] Loading icons from a .res file messes up colors

I have an MDI ap that needs to display color coded icons for it's forms depending on the information the form is displaying. No problem I thought, just load up 5 different color icons into a .res file and set the form icon when the form displays. Problem is, my nice 256 color icons get squeezed down to 8 colors (see image attached - left of the shot is Explorer, right is my ap).

http://www.vbforums.com/attachment.p...5&d=1175204264

I found this thread where they ran into the same problem, but no solution. Anybody know of a workaround? The icons look fine when I add them to forms directly in the IDE property window. I'm loading the icons like this:

Code:

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    Select Case eColor
        Case fcBlue
            Me.Icon = LoadResPicture(fiBlue, vbResIcon)
        Case fcRed
            Me.Icon = LoadResPicture(fiRed, vbResIcon)
        Case fcManilla
            Me.Icon = LoadResPicture(fiManilla, vbResIcon)
        Case fcGreen
            Me.Icon = LoadResPicture(fiGreen, vbResIcon)
        Case fcSilver
            Me.Icon = LoadResPicture(fiSilver, vbResIcon)
    End Select

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The resource file only can support 256 bit color I believe. There are ways to get 24 or 32 bit icon support for form icons.

See here for more.
http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/VB...ly/article.asp

Does this help? (Look at the comment about "LoadResPicture" and nearby colordepth code).

Thanks to both of you, RobDog's link did the trick (have to manually create the resource file, but that's no big deal).