Sub SymbolColor
      'Create a symbol object
      Dim pSymbol
      Set pSymbol = Application.CreateAppObject("Symbol")
      
      'Construct a default color of purple
      Dim lngDefaultColor
      lngDefaultColor = pSymbol.MakeColor(255,0,255)
      
      'Get a color from the user, using purple as the default
      Dim varSelColor
      varSelColor = CommonDialog.ShowColor (lngDefaultcolor)
      
      'Display RGB components of the selected color
      MsgBox "RGB components of your selected color:" & vbCrlf & _
               "Red: " & pSymbol.GetRed(varSelColor) & vbCrlf & _
               "Green: " & pSymbol.GetGreen(varSelColor) & vbCrlf & _
               "Blue: " & pSymbol.GetBlue(varSelColor),vbInformation,"RGB"
      
      'Create a rectangle to draw on the screen
      Dim pRect
      Set pRect = Map.Extent
      pRect.ScaleRectangle 0.3
      
      'Set the symbol's fill color to the color selected by the user
      pSymbol.FillColor = varSelColor
      pSymbol.FillStyle = 0
      
      'Draw the rectangle
      Map.DrawShape pRect, pSymbol
End Sub