Paul, Your approach seems reasonable. If performance becomes an issue, I think(?) you may find it faster to parse the BMP image as a text file vs. use the GDI (or GDIPluse) API's to retrieve individual pixel color values.
Curious why you're interested in the number of unique colors in a picture? Malcolm _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

