>Whoops got that backwards. It should be:

lntemp = lncolor
>lnmask = 255
><b>lnred</b> = BITAND(lntemp, lnmask)
>lntemp = BITRSHIFT(lntemp, 8)
>lngreen = BITAND(lntemp, lnmask)
>lntemp = BITRSHIFT(lntemp, 8)
><b>lnblue</b> = BITAND(lntemp, lnmask)

>Same goes for my orignal statement: red's the least significant 8 bits, blue's the most. Doh!


>> Doh!
^ that is definateley me on this issue.

I think you wrote an article on BIT*() functions. Fundamentally I understand what is going on however I have never had a need to use them so I do not really understand what is going on. I can take your examples and work with it and get where I need to be.

At the moment time constraints will probably force me to use FOXTOOLS and handle everything properly during install and init of the app. I can get around my problem another way, it is just not as bullet proof.

Thank you very much for your input. It looks like we need (maybe just I) a good VFP internal REVERSE color function.