Hi there,
Thanks Walter for your interest in this problem. I'm sure there must be quite a
few others out there using GDI+.
GDIplus comes in Microsoft Platform Core SDK so I guess it's in COFF
[http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ ]  There are also some older "gdiplus.zip"
files on the web which have the .h,.lib and .dll files, e.g.
http://research.apiit.edu.my/gecko/ and www.codeguru.com/gdi/GDIPlus.zip which
are much easier to download.
With COFF2OMF on gdiplus.lib the file size shrinks from 200480 to 38400 bytes.
Is that normal for COFF2OMF?
I had a go at linking the simple example below, with the following command line
and got a huge number of errors processing the headers.
While I haven't looked at these headers in detail, I can't believe there would
be simple errors in them.
Any suggestions would be more that welcome.
Malcolm

BTW I've commented out all references to GDIPLUS except the #include <gdiplus.h> line. If this is also commented out, it compiles, links and runs OK.

C:\Temp2>c:\dm\bin\dmc gdiplus_line.cpp -mn -o -6 -WA
-Ic:\gdiplus_guru\gdiplus\includes /L/EXETYPE:NT /L/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS
c:\dm\lib\snn+user32+gdi32+kernel32+comdlg32.lib
c:\gdiplus_guru\lgdiplus\lib\gdiplus_omf.lib c:\gdiplus_guru\gdiplus.dll
typedef Status (WINAPI *NotificationHookProc)(OUT ULONG_PTR *token);
^
c:\gdiplus_guru\gdiplus\includes\GdiplusInit.h(39) : Error: ')' expected to
close function parameter list with
typedef VOID (WINAPI *NotificationUnhookProc)(ULONG_PTR token);
^
c:\gdiplus_guru\gdiplus\includes\GdiplusInit.h(40) : Error: parameter list is
out of context
UINT32 GdiplusVersion;             // Must be 1
^
c:\gdiplus_guru\gdiplus\includes\GdiplusInit.h(46) : Error: ';' expected
following declaration of struct member
c:\gdiplus_guru\gdiplus\includes\GdiplusInit.h(57) : Error: type of 'ULONG_PTR'
does not match function prototype
Had: int
and: void (*std func)(int enum Gdiplus::DebugEventLevel,char *)
c:\gdiplus_guru\gdiplus\includes\GdiplusInit.h(58) : Error: undefined identifier
'GdiplusVersion'
Fatal error: too many errors
--- errorlevel 1

source

//****************************************************************************
//gdiplus_line.cpp.  From Microsoft
//****************************************************************************
#define UNICODE
#include <windows.h>
#include <gdiplus.h>
using namespace Gdiplus;

//VOID OnPaint(HDC hdc) //{ //   Graphics graphics(hdc); //   Pen      pen(Color(255, 0, 0, 255)); //   graphics.DrawLine(&pen, 0, 0, 200, 100); //}

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);

INT WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE, PSTR, INT iCmdShow) { HWND                hWnd; MSG                 msg; WNDCLASS            wndClass; //   GdiplusStartupInput gdiplusStartupInput; //   ULONG_PTR           gdiplusToken;

// Initialize GDI+. //  GdiplusStartup(&gdiplusToken, &gdiplusStartupInput, NULL);

wndClass.style          = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW; wndClass.lpfnWndProc    = WndProc; wndClass.cbClsExtra     = 0; wndClass.cbWndExtra     = 0; wndClass.hInstance      = hInstance; wndClass.hIcon          = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION); wndClass.hCursor        = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW); wndClass.hbrBackground  = (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH); wndClass.lpszMenuName   = NULL; wndClass.lpszClassName  = TEXT("GettingStarted");

RegisterClass(&wndClass);

hWnd = CreateWindow( TEXT("GettingStarted"),   // window class name TEXT("Getting Started"),  // window caption WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,      // window style CW_USEDEFAULT,            // initial x position CW_USEDEFAULT,            // initial y position CW_USEDEFAULT,            // initial x size CW_USEDEFAULT,            // initial y size NULL,                     // parent window handle NULL,                     // window menu handle hInstance,                // program instance handle NULL);                    // creation parameters

ShowWindow(hWnd, iCmdShow); UpdateWindow(hWnd);

while(GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0)) { TranslateMessage(&msg); DispatchMessage(&msg); }

// GdiplusShutdown(gdiplusToken); return msg.wParam; }  // WinMain

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) { HDC          hdc; PAINTSTRUCT  ps;

switch(message) { case WM_PAINT: hdc = BeginPaint(hWnd, &ps); //   OnPaint(hdc); EndPaint(hWnd, &ps); return 0; case WM_DESTROY: PostQuitMessage(0); return 0; default: return DefWindowProc(hWnd, message, wParam, lParam); } } // WndProc

<gourlay@physics.uq.net.au> wrote in message news:buiiag$1bbv$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I had a go at linking the simple example below, with the following command
line
> and got a huge number of errors processing the headers.
> While I haven't looked at these headers in detail, I can't believe there
would
> be simple errors in them.
> Any suggestions would be more that welcome.

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