Re: [Mingw-users] Including GDI+ in MinGW

[Brandon Sneed <brandon@xxxxxxx>]

On May 14, 2008, at 1:13 PM, Joe Stenger wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm using GDI+ for several projects and would really like to switch  
> to using
> MinGW and gcc rather than using the MSVC compiler. I've searched the  
> list
> archives for GDI+ information, but have only found either vague  
> references
> or implementations that aren't usable due to copyright issues. Does  
> anyone
> have gcc compatible headers for GDI+ that can be used legally in  
> commercial
> software projects?
>

You can use the MS GDI+ headers with GCC all you want provided you  
make a few modifications.  If you've obtained the headers, you've most  
likely agreed to their EULA in the PSDK which doesn't dictate what you  
can/can't compile it with.  There are no legal issues with this, only  
with redistribution of the headers themselves.

> If no one has such a thing, I would be interested in creating said  
> header
> files for possible inclusion in MinGW. I just need to know what the
> acceptable sources for information are for creating the headers. I
> understand that looking at the headers from the Windows Platform SDK  
> isn't
> an acceptable resource, but would the public, online MSDN reference at
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms533798(VS.85).aspx be  
> acceptable?
>

online MSDN is an acceptable resource, albeit probably incomplete for  
this.


Brandon Sneed


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