standalone apps need to activate views. See the Remarks sectino of the IActiveView Interface help: <a href="http://edndoc.esri.com/arcobjects/9.2/ComponentHelp/esriCarto/IActiveView.htm" target="_blank">http://edndoc.esri.com/arcobjects/9.2/ComponentHelp/esriCarto/IActiveView.htm</a>The user's code in the test folder has been modified to activate the view by adding the line: av.Activate(GetDesktopWindow());The code had additional problems that cause the export image to change size as export resolution changes. I have modified the code to prevent this problem and marked the changed sections accordingly. Best practice for any ArcObjects based export is to start from the dev kit's Export Active View sample: <a href="http://edndoc.esri.com/arcobjects/9.2/NET/ae109446-1798-41aa-b878-947425b360c9.htm" target="_blank">http://edndoc.esri.com/arcobjects/9.2/NET/ae109446-1798-41aa-b878-947425b360c9.htm</a>