C#

string Text = "John Doe, john@bleh.com, (H) 0412623423234, (W) 1290034589345, Jane Doe, ";
        Regex HomePhoneRegex = new Regex(@"\(H\)[ ]*\d{13}");
        Regex WorkPhoneRegex = new Regex(@"\(W\)[ ]*\d{13}");
        Regex EmailRegex = new Regex(@"\w+([-+.']\w+)*@\w+([-.]\w+)*\.\w+([-.]\w+)*");

        String HomePhone = String.Empty;
        String WorkPhone = String.Empty;
        String Email = String.Empty;

        if (HomePhoneRegex.Matches(Text).Count == 1)
        {
            HomePhone = HomePhoneRegex.Matches(Text)[0].Value.Replace("(H)", String.Empty).Trim();
        }
        if (WorkPhoneRegex.Matches(Text).Count == 1)
        {
            WorkPhone = WorkPhoneRegex.Matches(Text)[0].Value.Replace("(W)", String.Empty).Trim();
        }

        if (EmailRegex.Matches(Text).Count == 1)
        {
            Email = EmailRegex.Matches(Text)[0].ToString();
        }

Image imagepreview = null ;
          imagepreview = new Bitmap("C:\\giffile.gif");

     BitmapData bmData = imagepreview.LockBits(new Rectangle(0, 0, imagepreview.Width, imagepreview.Height),
                ImageLockMode.ReadWrite, PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb);

Bitmap imagepreview = new Bitmap(@"D:\path\ASTRO2.GIF");

BitmapData bmData = imagepreview.LockBits(new Rectangle(0, 0, imagepreview.Width, imagepreview.Height),
                                                            ImageLockMode.ReadWrite, PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb);

imagepreview.UnlockBits(bmData);

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++

Mark Salsbery wrote:

Of course that's not going to work out for the processing the OP wants to do on
the pixels

PravinSingh wrote:

any more ideas