>>If you change the code to this
>>

>>byte[] ba = (byte[])Tables.Tables["company"].Rows[0]["Image"];
>>MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(ba);
>>Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(stream);
>>this.pictureBox1.Image = bitmap;
>>

>>does it throw an exception on this line "Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(stream);"? --> YES its generating "Parameter is not valid"
>
>
>Try this (this time I tried to run the code)
>

>byte[] ba = (byte[])Tables.Tables["company"].Rows[0]["Image"];
>MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(ba);
>stream.Write(ba, 0, ba.Length);
>Bitmap bitmap = (Bitmap)Bitmap.FromStream(stream, true);
>this.pictureBox1.Image = bitmap;
>

Should it be possible to shorten this by using Image.FromStream(stream) ?
Regards,
Viv