how to export bitmap to memory or other format

[User (Legacy)]

I would like to be able to export the chart to some other 

format other that .bmp.  It seems that is the only supported 

export format for display.  Ideally I would like to be able 

to export to .gif or .png. 

If this is not supported, is there a way to access the exported 

bitmap data in memory like through a COM SafeArray rather 

than having to goto a file?  That would allow me to access 

the data without having to read that data from a file and give me 

flexibility to manipulate it from C++ and/or VB.  The data is 

obviously available to ChartFX before it writes the data to the 

bitmap file, I just would like have access to it. 

I am a new to ChartFX so apologies if this is documented somewhere. 

    MrP