This is just a static example of the possibilities. Points of interest. - The GDIPlus graphics are displayed on a GUI picture control. - The graphics do not appear to erase as GDI+ graphics normally do. - The gradient background is created using variations in hue. These above techniques have previously appeared on the AutoIt forums. The name GDIPlus_SetAngledText(), has the GDIPlus_ prefix as a reminder that _GDIPlus_Startup() has to be called before using this function. _GDIPlus_Shutdown