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GDI

GDI

Graphics Device Interface. In Windows the GDI provides a common set of drawing routines (including both text and graphics). The GDI can be used to draw to most devices, such as screens, printers, plotters or bitmap images. Central to the GDI is the concept of a Device Context (DC) which is a handle to the specific device to be written to.

Relevant links:

www.mvps.org/user32/gditutorial.html - Tutorial and introduction to the Windows GDI.

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