Tim,

I'm not seeing the issue in XP here:

_screen.AddObject( "oimg", "image" )
_screen.oimg.Visible = .t.
_screen.oimg.picture = 'C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\DAVID\MY DOCUMENTS\MY PICTURES\FPNORMAL.PNG'

It displays the image and I can delete the file.

What about setting the binary content of the image using .PictureVal rather than the .Picture?

>If I am using the image control in VFP9.
>- If the JPG is open in the control it can be deleted from the disk
>- If the PNG is open in the control it cannot be deleted from the disk.
>
>I also noticed if a PNG is open in the XP image viewer (dbl click it)
>then it can be deleted while being viewed.
>
>Can anyone tell me why PNG files are locked when they are open for viewing?
>Is there anything i can do about this?