In VBA, this code

ActiveCell.Borders(xlEdgeBottom).Color

returns the original pallette color rather than the custom
color the user set that pallette color to be. The
spreadsheet displays the desired custom border color but
the code returns only the original color.

Saving/closing the workbook/Excel does not affect the
problem.

How do you get the actual displayed color of a border
line? BTW, the environment is XL97.

Tx