Holy crap!
lmao! (has it ever occured to anyone that these sort of things should be in capitals like acronyms (not shouting)) Also do any non-coders ever write sentences with nested brackets (like this (!))
I was looking at the code archives on blitz coder and couldn't find a really fast scale routine (found a slightly faster one) so if you feel like giving back to the community, then thou shalt be blessed with digital karma.
Windows GDI stinks anyway. Make games and live in peace and harmony forever.