Save a bitmap from OLE field in VB (from access OLE field)

I am having great troubles trying to find out how to save a bitmap image from an OLE field to disk from a VB app.

The bitmap originates in an access database in an OLE field, which is easily put into an OLE field on a VB form, but I cant save it from there. I found a great example of how to do it with the 16 bit version of VB (using kernel.dll) but the calls are different in the 32bit kernel32.dll. When I tried to change all the code over to the 32 bit calls, it wouldnt work.

If anyone has ANY ideas at all about how this can be achieved by any means possible, your a pro :b

thanks