In VFP9's Help, on topic "Using GDI+ in Reports" it is said:

To ensure that you use the correct copy of GDIPLUS.DLL, use the syntax IN GDIPLUS.DLL with no explicit path in your DECLARE DLL statements. For more information, see DECLARE - DLL Command.

I don't know why, but in some situations, specifically when creating Gradients with GDI+, some machines return a black Brush instead of a Linear Gradient.
This happens in very few machines.

I've seen this problem only in 3 cases, and that was solved when I asked users to eliminate one by one the GDIplus.dll versions in their machines... Suddenly everything started to work as desired. That has happened in WinXP professional and in Win98.

The problem remained even having a brand new version on the VFP's folder, on the app folder...

What's the version that VFP9 uses by default ?
Where's the default location that it searches first?

Thanks in advance

Cesar