Mark,

I think Naomi is correct, try PNG.

You can also try Jpeg (code samples below)

>thanks got it working, now the next problem, the files are 6mb in size, i've been going through the code but no sign of a jpeg version, any idea on the best way to convert, would it be to try to use the gdi+?>>>>You can use the GDIPlusX library (www.codeplex.com/vfpx)

DO system.app
oBMP = _SCREEN.System.Drawing.Bitmap.FromClipboard()
** Save as PNG
oBMP.Save("MyImage.bmp", _SCREEN.System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png)
** Save as Jpeg
oBMP.Save("MyImage.bmp", _SCREEN.System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg)