>> Any suggestions on why this is happening and how I can fix it. I have a >> demonstration of this program on Thursday and would like to fix it before >> then. > >it is necessary to set the colors in the gworld and the window where you >will be drawing, to white background and black fore, before doing any >drawing. this is a frequent problem. > >try: forecolor( _zBlack) : backcolor( _zWhite) >[from memory] >before any drawing. Thanks Jonathon, I put CALL BACKCOLOR(_whiteColor) just before the COPYBITS call and it has fixed the problem. Any Ideas why this happens, is it because of the PPAT background of the window? Once again thanks, Ashley ~)~ ============================================================= Ashley Butterworth Email: macbse@... ============================================================= _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com