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I arnt any good at A, i dont even understand it so could anyone please help me and give me hints on how to change menu colours!!!!!!!!!

Add the following to a Form with a CommandButton, Menu and SubMenus.

Private Declare Function CreateCompatibleBitmap Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hDC As Long, ByVal nWidth As Long, ByVal nHeight As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CreateCompatibleDC Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hDC As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CreateFont Lib "gdi32" Alias "CreateFontA" (ByVal H As Long, ByVal W As Long, ByVal E As Long, ByVal O As Long, ByVal W As Long, ByVal i As Long, ByVal u As Long, ByVal S As Long, ByVal C As Long, ByVal OP As Long, ByVal CP As Long, ByVal Q As Long, ByVal PAF As Long, ByVal F As String) As Long
Private Declare Function GetDC Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetMenu Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetMenuItemCount Lib "user32" (ByVal hMenu As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetMenuItemID Lib "user32" (ByVal hMenu As Long, ByVal nPos As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetSubMenu Lib "user32" (ByVal hMenu As Long, ByVal nPos As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function ModifyMenu Lib "user32" Alias "ModifyMenuA" (ByVal hMenu As Long, ByVal nPosition As Long, ByVal wFlags As Long, ByVal wIDNewItem As Long, ByVal lpString As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function Rectangle Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hDC As Long, ByVal X1 As Long, ByVal Y1 As Long, ByVal X2 As Long, ByVal Y2 As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SelectObject Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hDC As Long, ByVal hObject As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function TextOut Lib "gdi32" Alias "TextOutA" (ByVal hDC As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal lpString As String, ByVal nCount As Long) As Long
Const MF_BITMAP = &H4&
Const MF_STRING = &H0&

Private Sub Command1_Click()

        'Declare our Variables
        Dim hID As Long
        Dim hMenu As Long
        Dim hSubMenu As Long
        Dim hDC As Long
        Dim hFont As Long
        Dim hBmp As Long
        Dim lh()
        'The the DC and hWnd of the form and Menu's
        hMenu = GetMenu(Form1.hwnd)
        hSubMenu = GetSubMenu(hMenu, 0)
        hDC = CreateCompatibleDC(Me.hDC)
        'Get the number of SubMenus
        iCount = GetMenuItemCount(hSubMenu)
        ReDim lh(iCount)
        
        'Loop through the SubMenus
        For i = 0 To GetMenuItemCount(hSubMenu)
            
            hID = GetMenuItemID(hSubMenu, i)
            'Create the Font
            hFont = CreateFont(-16, 0, 0, 0, 400, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, Me.FontName)
            lh(i) = CreateCompatibleBitmap(hDC, 200, 18)
            hBmp = SelectObject(hDC, lh(i))
            
            SelectObject hDC, hFont
            Rectangle hDC, -1, -1, 201, 19
            'Set the Menu Text
            TextOut hDC, 0, 0, "SubMenu" & i, 8
            'Make the modifications
            ModifyMenu hSubMenu, hID, MF_BITMAP, hID, lh(i)

        Next i
        
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()
    'Change the FontName here
    Me.FontName = "Courier"
End Sub

The above was somewhat of a poor example. It's only meant for simplicity sake. If you would like a better example, go to http://www.planet-source-code.com and search "Menu" or "Menu colors"

[Chris]

How about this?

Option Explicit
Private Declare Function SetSysColors Lib "user32" (ByVal nChanges As Long, lpSysColor As Long, lpColorValues As Long) As Long
Const COLOR_MENU = 4

Private Sub Command1_Click()
    SetSysColors 1, COLOR_MENU, vbRed
End Sub