This is an extension of a sample that is available on the PowerBuilder Code Samples Web site . It draws a representation of a light-emitting diode (LED) and uses Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC):

PBXEXPORT PBXRESULT PBXCALL PBX_DrawVisualObject
(
HDC hDC,
LPCTSTR xtraName,
const PBX_DrawItemStruct& property
)
{
  // If this PBX is dynamically linked against the MFC
  // DLLs, any functions exported from this PBX that
  // call into MFC must have the AFX_MANAGE_STATE macro
  // added at the very beginning of the function.
   AFX_MANAGE_STATE( AfxGetStaticModuleState() );   
 
   // Variables to hold the Led control and a pointer 
   // to Device Context
   CLed *myLed;
   CDC* pDC;
   
   // The name must not contain uppercase letters
   if ( strcmp( xtraName, "u_cpp_led" ) == 0 )
   {
      CRect rc( property.x, property.y, property.x +
        property.width, property.y + property.height );
      
      //Create a new LED 
      myLed = new CLed();
      
      // Get the handle from the hDC 
      pDC = CDC::FromHandle(hDC);
      CWnd* pWnd = pDC->GetWindow();
      
      // Create the window
      myLed->Create(NULL, WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE |
        SS_BITMAP, rc,  pWnd);
 
      // Function that handles the background 
      // rendering of the control
      myLed->OnEraseBkgndIDE(pDC); 
      
      // Draw the LED in default mode (red, on, round)
      myLed->DrawLed(pDC,0,0,0);
      myLed->SetLed(0,0,0);
      
      //done
      delete myLed;
   }
 
   return PBX_OK;
}