Function CreateSurfaceFromFile(DirectDraw As DirectDraw7, ByVal _
        FileName As String, SurfaceDesc As DDSURFACEDESC2) As _
        DirectDrawSurface7
  Dim Picture As StdPicture
  Dim width As Long
  Dim Height As Long
  Dim Surface As DirectDrawSurface7
  Dim hdcPicture As Long
  Dim hdcSurface As Long

  Set Picture = LoadPicture(FileName)

  width = CLng((Picture.width * 0.001) * 567 / _
          Screen.TwipsPerPixelX)
  Height = CLng((Picture.Height * 0.001) * 567 / _
          Screen.TwipsPerPixelY)

  With SurfaceDesc
    If .lFlags = 0 Then .lFlags = DDSD_CAPS
    .lFlags = .lFlags Or DDSD_WIDTH Or DDSD_HEIGHT
    If .ddsCaps.lCaps = 0 Then _
          .ddsCaps.lCaps = DDSCAPS_OFFSCREENPLAIN Or DDSCAPS_VIDEOMEMORY
    If .lWidth = 0 Then .lWidth = width
    If .lHeight = 0 Then .lHeight = Height
  End With
 
  Set Surface = DirectDraw.CreateSurface(SurfaceDesc)

  hdcPicture = CreateCompatibleDC(0)

  SelectObject hdcPicture, Picture.Handle

  hdcSurface = Surface.GetDC

  StretchBlt hdcSurface, 0, 0, SurfaceDesc.lWidth, _
        SurfaceDesc.lHeight, hdcPicture, 0, 0, _
        width, Height, SRCCOPY

  Surface.ReleaseDC hdcSurface

  DeleteDC hdcPicture

  Set Picture = Nothing
  Set CreateSurfaceFromFile = Surface
  Set Surface = Nothing
End Function

Public Declare Function CreateCompatibleDC Lib "gdi32" ( _
      ByVal hdc As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function SelectObject Lib "gdi32" ( _
      ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal hObject As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function StretchBlt Lib "gdi32" ( _
      ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, _
      ByVal nWidth As Long, ByVal nHeight As Long, _
      ByVal hSrcDC As Long, ByVal xSrc As Long, _
      ByVal ySrc As Long, ByVal nSrcWidth As Long, _
      ByVal nSrcHeight As Long, ByVal dwRop As Long) As Long

Public Declare Function DeleteDC Lib "gdi32" ( _
      ByVal hdc As Long) As Long

Dim pic as StdPicture

Set pic = loadpicture(app.path & "\Blabnla.jpg")

Savepicture pic, app.path & "\tmp"

Loadsurf app.path & "\tmp", pic 'Or what ever it is you do with loading a surface. I am also using pic because it has descriptions in it such as width/height. Not much data will be passed on through to the lordsurf sub AS pic does not contain the picture, only the handle number which is a reference to the spool.

kill app.path & "\tmp"