yes, i shal take that into account.

When i did it i was using bitblt but it was in a module, the new peice of code i got has bitblt in a form, plus loads the needed file straight onto a variable.

We will see how it goes tho.

2 more questions,

to play .mod files, or .xm or .it files in visual basic, how would i do so? (these are al music files)

also, how to get flash movies to run in visual basic on computers that dont have it installed.