>>Cesar - I am finding that the Getpicturevalfromhbitmap method call in your VFPPaint application has problems when the images selected for viewing are of a certain size. Selecting JPGs 900k+ in size results in the error shown below. Are you aware of a image size limitation?
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>>XFCBITMAP.GETPICTUREVALFROMHBITMAP  
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>>AERROR() contents
>>2059
>>Unhandled Structured Exception.
>>ErrorNo: 1903
>>Message: String is too long to fit.
>>UserValue: 
>>Details: 
>>Procedure: getpicturevalfromhbitmap
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>>PROCEDURE VFPPAINT.INIT 
>>PROCEDURE VFPPAINT.UPDATECANVAS 
>>PROCEDURE XFCBITMAP.GETPICTUREVALFROMHBITMAP SYSTEM.DRAWING.FXP
>>(XFCBITMAP.GETPICTUREVALFROMHBITMAP)
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>Hi Chris,
>I really had no idea of that kind of limitation.
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>Anyway, we can still use a different encoder that uses less space - the PNG
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>Please make a backup of VFPPaint.Scx, and lets play with your copy, making some changes as follow:
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>USe the Search / replace tool
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>Search for the string:
>".GetPictureValFromHBitmap()"
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>REPLACE in all occurencies with:
>".GetPictureVal(_Screen.System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFOrmat.Png)"
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>without the quotes, :-)
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>Test it and tell me how it goes !
>IMPORTANT - recommended VFP9 SP2 for this purpose,other versions may crash
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>Hope this helps !
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>Cesar

That worked like a charm. Can now load 2.5meg pics. Thanks for the quick reply. Great app btw.