Memory Functions

Windows GDI+ exposes a flat API that consists of about 600 functions, which are implemented in Gdiplus.dll and declared in Gdiplusflat.h. The functions in the GDI+ flat API are wrapped by a collection of about 40 C++ classes. It is recommended that you do not directly call the functions in the flat API. Whenever you make calls to GDI+, you should do so by calling the methods and functions provided by the C++ wrappers. Microsoft Product Support Services will not provide support for code that calls the flat API directly. For more information on using these wrapper methods, see GDI+ Flat API.

The following flat API functions are wrapped by the GdiplusBase C++ class.

Memory Functions and Corresponding Wrapper Methods

Flat function	Wrapper method	Remarks
GpStatus WINGDIPAPI GdipAlloc(size_t size)	GpStatus WINGDIPAPI GdiplusBase void* (operator new)(size_t in_size)	Allocates memory for one Windows GDI+ object. GdipAlloc is declared in GdiplusMem.h.
GpStatus WINGDIPAPI GdipFree(void* ptr);	GpStatus WINGDIPAPI GdiplusBase void (operator delete)(void* in_pVoid)	Deallocates memory for one Windows GDI+ object. GdipFree is declared in GdiplusMem.h.