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);