_Putimage problem.

[SMcNeill]

You can't do what you're trying to do @Pete

It's just not possible.   Software images are for manipulation.  Hardware images are *just* for display.  Once they're created, that's it.  They're immutable, unchangeable.  All you can do with them after that is pop them up onto the hardware layer and display them.  You can't just up and put them other places and use them in other images and such.... If you need to do that, stick to software and *ONLY* convert to hardware once you're finished with those software images.

Quick and simple demo:

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Dim As Long t(2), img(2)

t(0) = _NewImage(50, 30, 32): t(1) = _NewImage(50, 30, 32): t(2) = _NewImage(50, 60, 32)

Cls , _RGB32(255, 0, 0), t(0)

Cls , _RGB32(0, 0, 255), t(1)

_PutImage (0, 0), t(0), t(2): _PutImage (0, 30), t(1), t(2)



For i = 0 To 2: img(i) = _CopyImage(t(i), 33): _FreeImage (t(i)): Next



_DisplayOrder _Hardware

Do

    _Limit 30

    _PutImage (0, 0), img(0)

    _PutImage (100, 0), img(1)

    _PutImage (200, 0), img(2)

    _Display

Loop Until Len(InKey$)

System

I made my 3 temp images.  t(0 to 2)
I colored them with the CLS statements.  (no need for changing DEST with each)
I put the two halves onto the larger t(2) image.  (again, _PutImage does this without needing to set/change _DEST)
Made of copy of all 3 images into the hardware  img(0 to 2)   and freed those temp images t(0 to 2) as they're *now* no longer needed.
Displayed them on your SCREEN 0 hardware-only screen.