hi, for a uni project i need to write some c++ allowing a user to draw to a memory structure - like a bitmap i guess - so that the value of each individual pixel can accessed. initially this will be using the mouse and will be displayed on the screen but will later needs to work on a graphics tablet also displaying the output on the tablet. I have tried a couple of different approaches: FLTK - using mouse i can draw pictures but is not drawing to a data structure but instead to the screen so dont know how to access each pixel individually... have also tried using CBitmaps but cant work out how to draw to them... ive never programmed in c++ before so do not know what is possible. I am using .NET 2003 as an environment. please could someone suggest a way of doing this or somewhere to find information on it. Thanks in advance Andy