   gdi+
  okay, i swea, i really looked this time on my own, but i can't find it, how do i download the .h files for gdi+ ?   
  They should come with the Platform SDK. If you have a recent copy of MSVC they should come with that too.   ;  http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=download+GDI%2B&btnG=Google+SearchTry using google next time please.  All I did was type in download GDI+   ;  Fallen God - i already found that site, all it does is give me the download for the gdiplus.dll, please try to read the post and deliver what I'm asking for if you're going to be condescending.SiCrane- thank you, i wasn't sure if i had to download the whole sdk or not, is there a way i can just get the .h files?   ;  If you use the Platform SDK installer/updater, it should give you an option to only download parts of the SDK.edit: it won't be just the headers, but you should get away with less than the whole thing.   ;  grr.... ok i'm trying to download the web installer so i can select the files i want[link]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A55B6B43-E24F-4EA3-A93E-40C0EC4F68E5&displaylang=en[/link]i have a turion64 so i picked the PSDKamd64.exe and when i ran it winXP said it wasn't a valid windows application!!!  regardless, i'm looking at how MS has stuff written, will these header files ONLY work with VS?  cause i use dev, but i know MS likes to think their the only IDE out there, and everyone should be using them (damned directX sdk)   