First, lookup 'ResEditor' in the Visual Studio documentation. You'll have to compile this little tool and use it to create a .resources file with your image information in it. Simple Add an image, give it a resource name, then click on the little '...' button and point it at image file that it is going to represent. Keep adding names and resources... then save this file as a .resources file in your project folder. Next, add the .resources file to your project in the Solution Explorer. Then in your code, you can use something like this: (This is the initialization code for a component I'm writing) Private m\_img\_LightOn As Image Private m\_img\_LightOff As Image #Region " Windows Form Designer generated code " . .   **' Load our internal resource files Dim thisAssembly As System.Reflection.Assembly = Me.GetType.Assembly Dim resManager As New System.Resources.ResourceManager( "BinaryDisplay.BinaryDisplay", thisAssembly ) m_img_LightOn = CType(resManager.GetObject("BMP_LIGHTON"), System.Drawing.Image) m_img_LightOff = CType(resManager.GetObject("BMP_LIGHTOFF"), System.Drawing.Image)** End Sub RageInTheMachine9532

You can ambed pictures the following way :: (this is how I do it) Include de picture or image in your project, and select is in your 'Solution Explorer' The in the properties window, change to 'Embedded Resource' Now you can access the image from within your app... Dim bmpMyImage As New Bitmap (Me.GetType, "Namespace.To.Image.jpg") (Don't know if the above line is exactly correct, but something like that should help you on your way.)

Yeah, the RichTextBox control supports images inline in the document. It is basic functionality, but it works. You can search the web for other controls, like RichEdit, but most you'll have to pay for if you want to use them. RageInTheMachine9532

I'm not totally clear on what you're trying to do. Are you trying to load MS Word documents in a Windows Form? What is the end result?

Put aan imagelist control on your form and put the images inside the imagelist. You can use png, gif or jpeg. One thing the image size is limited so don't make the images too big.