Doesn't scrsave only get the back buffer, so in you example you don't get the white background but the root back ground. -- Brent L. Bates NASA-Langley Research Center M.S. 361 Hampton, Virginia 23665-5225 (804) 864-2854 E-mail: blbates at aero4.larc.nasa.gov or blbates at aero8.larc.nasa.gov