... why not add the image directly using the sketchboard? Then you get the auto-scaling function via the file name which we discussed at length a while ago. And you also get the option to easily rotate the image to any desired alignment and add transparency effects. And combine it with other items to create more complex items. Click the add item> bitmap image button at A to add the image. If you want it to show also on the workpad, tick the box at B to show items on workpad: 2_021324_540000000.png regards, Martin. posted: 2 Apr 2012 19:34 from: Brian Nicholls Hi Martin, Many thanks for the quick response. It looks as if for once I'm not the culprit of my own dilemma. Apologies for sending the wrong attached image file, I did in fact use a prepared scaled sketchboard GIF file to add the signal box into Sketchboard just as specified when we were discussing this during the early development of sketchboard. I have now attached, to this message, the correct file that I actually used ...