>Hi,
> I understand the concept. The problem is, when I want to pass the reference for the bitmap to API. Acccording to the HELP of API, the variable type to be passed will be INTEGER, but how could I pass the bitmap control(image control reference) as INTEGER ????
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>Thank you
>
>Regard,

Hi John,

You can't use a VFP image control for this. You have to use one of the API functions such as LoadBitmap() in order to get the value you need. I haven't done much work in this area, so I don't even know if this is possible.