Using GDI+ with MFC or native C/VC++

Add the following line to your stdafx.h

#include <gdiplus.h>
using namespace Gdiplus;
#pragma comment(lib, "gdiplus.lib")

Intialize the GDI+ resources. Add this to your

CWinApp

derived class as member:

GdiplusStartupInput gdiplusStartupInput;
ULONG_PTR gdiplusToken;

At

InitInstance()

, add:

GdiplusStartup(gdiplusToken, gdiplusStartupInput, NULL);

Your application is ready to consume GDI+ now.

Upon exit, release GDI+ resources. Add the following line to

ExitInstance()

:

GdiplusShutdown(gdiplusToken);