Draw image to PictureBox given hDC

if you don't mind messing w/ the clipboard you could do something like this:

put a richtextbox on your form (invisible if you want) and do the following:

Option Explicit
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal _
    hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, _
    lParam As Any) As Long
Private Const WM_PASTE = &H302


Private Sub Command1_Click()

Dim p As StdPicture
Set p = LoadPicture("C:\my documents\badbaby.bmp")

Clipboard.Clear
Clipboard.SetData p
SendMessage RichTextBox1.hwnd, WM_PASTE, 0, 0

RichTextBox1.SelPrint (Picture1.hDC)


End Sub

You may try the BitBlt API function to transfer an image from one hDC to another.  Example can be found here:
http://216.26.161.91/vbapi/ref/b/bitblt.html

From where you are getting the image in first place?

The source image will come from another PictureBox control.

Stange. I don't understand why do you need to use hdc to put an image from one picture box to another since
Picture2.Picture = Picture1.Picture could do the job.

Yeah, good point. I might just do that. I'm just trying to be consistent with the project style. All PictureBoxes are updated by passing a hDC to a DLL that handles the graphics. In a module, a call is made to the DLL and this method accepts a hDC. Under a certain case, I was going to use the hDC myself to put my own graphic in here, but I could do it that way too...

On Error Resume Next
For Each Control In Controls
    If Control.hDC = ThehDC Then
       Control.Picture = Picture1.Picture
    End If
Next

OK. So bitblt form Bobbit could do the job.

My research on the web also show this to be the "best" way for what I want to do too... Thanks...