Private Type BITMAP
bmType As Long
bmWidth As Long
bmHeight As Long
bmWidthBytes As Long
bmPlanes As Integer
bmBitsPixel As Integer
bmBits As Long
End Type
Private Declare Function GetObject Lib "gdi32" Alias "GetObjectA" (ByVal hObject As Long, ByVal nCount As Long, lpObject As Any) As Long
Private Declare Function GetBitmapBits Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hBitmap As Long, ByVal dwCount As Long, lpBits As Any) As Long
Private Declare Function SetBitmapBits Lib "gdi32" (ByVal hBitmap As Long, ByVal dwCount As Long, lpBits As Any) As Long
Dim PicBits() As Byte, PicInfo As BITMAP, Cnt As Long
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Set Picture1.Picture = Clipboard.GetData(vbCFBitmap)
GetObject Picture1.Picture, Len(PicInfo), PicInfo
'reallocate storage space
Debug.Print PicInfo.bmWidth * PicInfo.bmHeight * 3
ReDim PicBits(1 To PicInfo.bmWidth * PicInfo.bmHeight * 3) As Byte
'Copy the bitmapbits to the array
GetBitmapBits Picture1.Picture, UBound(PicBits), PicBits(1)
'Invert the bits
For Cnt = 1 To UBound(PicBits)
PicBits(Cnt) = 255 - PicBits(Cnt)
Next Cnt
'Set the bits back to the picture
SetBitmapBits Picture1.Picture, UBound(PicBits), PicBits(1)
'refresh
Picture1.Refresh
End Sub