i decided to start from scratch. I actually got something to happen this time, i can display the picture "startgame1" on the screen, the only thing is, when i start it I get that picture, and the rest of the background is a flickering mass of pixels that at one point could have been part of the last image my computer displayed before starting my app.
Then i go back into developement and i get an automation error on the backbuffer.flip line
I have included the code. could someone please take a look and tell me what I am doing wrong???