The problem was in the declaration in the dll. I had the whole resource file down and it worked great in process. Out of process you must use the custom resource type and declare your function as stdPicture.

I have posted this to UT so others might get a very specific answer. My thanks to everyone who responded to the origional post.


>Hi!
>I have already sent my answer, but can't find it here (?).
>Take a look on:
>"Q124947 - INFO: Retrieving Palette Information from a Bitmap Resource" (load a bitmap using LoadResource());
>"Q194409 - SAMPLE: RESFILE.EXE Stores Any File Type in a Resource File" (load via temp file);
>MSDN->Books->Advanced Microsoft Visual Basic 5->Chapter 15->Inroduction->Meeting Reuse Requirements Effectively->"Using a ROOS" (resource only OLE server, load picture via method of OLE server).
>
>HTH,
>Alex
>
>>I want to store an image in a dll and later use that image in another application. I know how to use a resource file in an application but not how to get the image from the dll for application consumption.