>Hi Herman,
>
>Thanks for your explanation and reassurance. I think my confusion was that I was getting a pure DIB stream that I could use without conversion. As you point out, this is not the case. So, what I'm getting is a BITMAPINFO (BI) structure.
>

Ahh.. I see the reason :-)


>I'll return to your MSDN post and work out the specifics.
>
>Herman, thanks again for your help. I'll post my solution when I get it working.
>

You're welcome Malcolm. I hope you can make a complete function then put it in the download section :-)

Best regards,