>P.S.:George, In the original thread, I posted two different message, the first one was an accident only. That one, contained a partly wrong info. The sentences you included in your previous thread answer, belongs to the accidental one. So this is the correct answer. (The difference comes from the interfacetype. I tested, and LoadPicture gives back an IPictureDisp interface, not IPicture interface. Of course, one can obtain the IPicture interface from the IPictureDisp)

Ah, nuts! I thought I picked the right one of the three, Bela. Chuck, my bad.