Returned back from a long tour and tried out the BMP image display on the GLCD. But this time just before I downloaded the code into flash, I enabled the "Fill Unused Flash " option. And surprise - the bmp image came out in flying colours ( B&W to be precise )!!

This was the sentence from you that set me on the right track :

Did you bench check to make sure the bitmap image buffer actually made it into the FLASH image properly and that 00 value did not accidently get neglected to be programmed.

Thanks Mike!

Raghu