Surely, but you'll have to know the BMP and JPG format. If you want to take a look at BMP format file, look for MSDN and the BITMAP functions and data types (BITMAPFILEHEADER, BITMAPINFOHEADER), this will allow you to read the information with VisualBasic OPEN method.

I don't know about JPG format, you'll have to find it, maybe some projects might reveal it at http://www.planetsourcecode.com or http://www.vbcode.com

JeffB