Here a short demo of a speedometer using built-in needle drawn with, guess what, yes GDI+.   Source code here: http://pastebin.com/9CXZAEwi (code with 32 bit image is too large for the code box)   With 4 bit image:   ;coded by UEZ 2012 build 2012-09-26 #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <Memory.au3> #include <GDIPlus.au3> Opt("GUIOnEventMode", 1) _GDIPlus_Startup() Global Const $hBitmap_bg = _GDIPl