Never mind my previous reply - I think I got it working with the following code:

o_object = thisform.olecontrol1.Ink.Save(2)

a=FCREATE("test.bmp")
=FWRITE(a,o_object)
=FCLOSE(a)

I haven't tried to write from a binary variable before, but it appears to have written to test.bmp just fine. Is it still considered better to save graphics to files and reference them in a table, rather than use a general field?

Thanks to you both for your help!

>> The handwriting recognition works pretty well "out of the box" with my forms.
>
>What drives me nuts is that when the Input Panel is on auto hide, it hides as soon as you select text in a textbox in VFP. You have to manually bring the panel back on screen, because even the little icon for text input doesn't appear anymore.