Thanks for the idea. I had thought of another way but it too is not very direct. I will look at the ocx method.

Thanks again

How about painting an OCX and then using that to display the image? Obviously not as direct, but you should be able to get the desired result.

creating a simple properties display page and wanted to display the cover on the page.

What are you trying to achieve?

So silence means one of 3 things

1) it can't be done
2) no one has done it
3) everyone is too busy

My guess is 1

I will see if i can't figure a way .. thanks

In looking at SDBUI I see no newImage method for a form. Am I just missing it (which is my bet) or is it in another area of the document. Did a search for newImage but no results.