>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 ~)~ I have heard it is just a longstanding bug in Copybits, but then again, it may be an unintended result of the architecture for the _blend flag , the amount of which is set by calling OpColor(blendRGB). It isn't due to the PPAT. rc