Adding upstream version 4:7.4.7.upstream/4%7.4.7upstream

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

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diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/directx9canvas.component b/canvas/source/directx/directx9canvas.component
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ -->
+
+<component loader="com.sun.star.loader.SharedLibrary" environment="@CPPU_ENV@"
+    xmlns="http://openoffice.org/2010/uno-components">
+  <implementation name="com.sun.star.comp.rendering.SpriteCanvas.DX9"
+    constructor="canvas_directx9_SpriteCanvas_get_implementation">
+    <service name="com.sun.star.rendering.SpriteCanvas.DX9"/>
+  </implementation>
+</component>
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_9rm.cxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_9rm.cxx
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+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_9rm.cxx
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <basegfx/numeric/ftools.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/point/b2ipoint.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/range/b2irectangle.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/vector/b2dsize.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/vector/b2isize.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/NoSupportException.hpp>
+#include <osl/thread.hxx>
+#include <osl/time.h>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+#include <vcl/syschild.hxx>
+#include <vcl/sysdata.hxx>
+#include <vcl/window.hxx>
+
+#include <canvas/elapsedtime.hxx>
+#include <canvas/canvastools.hxx>
+#include <rendering/icolorbuffer.hxx>
+#include <rendering/irendermodule.hxx>
+#include <rendering/isurface.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_config.hxx"
+#include "dx_impltools.hxx"
+#include "dx_rendermodule.hxx"
+
+#define MIN_TEXTURE_SIZE (32)
+//#define FAKE_MAX_NUMBER_TEXTURES (2)
+//#define FAKE_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE (4096)
+
+#define VERTEX_BUFFER_SIZE (341*3) // 1023, the size of the internal
+                                   // vertex buffer (must be divisible
+                                   // by 3, as each triangle primitive
+                                   // has 3 vertices)
+
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+
+// 'dxcanvas' namespace
+
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    namespace
+    {
+        class DXRenderModule;
+
+
+        // DXSurface
+
+
+        /** ISurface implementation.
+
+            @attention holds the DXRenderModule via non-refcounted
+            reference! This is safe with current state of affairs, since
+            the canvas::PageManager holds surface and render module via
+            shared_ptr (and makes sure all surfaces are deleted before its
+            render module member goes out of scope).
+        */
+        class DXSurface : public canvas::ISurface
+        {
+        public:
+            DXSurface( DXRenderModule&           rRenderModule,
+                       const ::basegfx::B2ISize& rSize );
+            ~DXSurface() override;
+
+            virtual bool selectTexture() override;
+            virtual bool isValid() override;
+            virtual bool update( const ::basegfx::B2IPoint& rDestPos,
+                                const ::basegfx::B2IRange& rSourceRect,
+                                ::canvas::IColorBuffer&    rSource ) override;
+            virtual ::basegfx::B2IVector getSize();
+
+        private:
+            /// Guard local methods against concurrent access to RenderModule
+            class ImplRenderModuleGuard
+            {
+            public:
+                /// make noncopyable
+                ImplRenderModuleGuard(const ImplRenderModuleGuard&) = delete;
+                const ImplRenderModuleGuard& operator=(const ImplRenderModuleGuard&) = delete;
+
+                explicit ImplRenderModuleGuard( DXRenderModule& rRenderModule );
+                ~ImplRenderModuleGuard();
+
+            private:
+                DXRenderModule& mrRenderModule;
+            };
+
+            DXRenderModule&                  mrRenderModule;
+            sal::systools::COMReference<IDirect3DTexture9> mpTexture;
+
+            ::basegfx::B2IVector             maSize;
+        };
+
+
+        // DXRenderModule
+
+
+        /// Default implementation of IDXRenderModule
+        class DXRenderModule final: public IDXRenderModule
+        {
+        public:
+            explicit DXRenderModule( const vcl::Window& rWindow );
+            ~DXRenderModule() override;
+
+            virtual void lock() const override { maMutex.acquire(); }
+            virtual void unlock() const override { maMutex.release(); }
+
+            virtual sal::systools::COMReference<IDirect3DSurface9>
+                createSystemMemorySurface( const ::basegfx::B2IVector& rSize ) override;
+            virtual void disposing() override;
+            virtual HWND getHWND() const override { return mhWnd; }
+            virtual void screenShot() override;
+
+            virtual bool flip( const ::basegfx::B2IRectangle& rUpdateArea,
+                               const ::basegfx::B2IRectangle& rCurrWindowArea ) override;
+
+            virtual void resize( const ::basegfx::B2IRange& rect ) override;
+            virtual ::basegfx::B2IVector getPageSize() override;
+            virtual std::shared_ptr<canvas::ISurface> createSurface( const ::basegfx::B2IVector& surfaceSize ) override;
+            virtual void beginPrimitive( PrimitiveType eType ) override;
+            virtual void endPrimitive() override;
+            virtual void pushVertex( const ::canvas::Vertex& vertex ) override;
+            virtual bool isError() override;
+
+            sal::systools::COMReference<IDirect3DDevice9> getDevice() { return mpDevice; }
+
+            void flushVertexCache();
+            void commitVertexCache();
+
+        private:
+
+            bool create( const vcl::Window& rWindow );
+            bool createDevice();
+            bool verifyDevice( const UINT nAdapter );
+            UINT getAdapterFromWindow();
+
+            /** This object represents the DirectX state machine.  In order
+                to serialize access to DirectX's global state, a global
+                mutex is required.
+            */
+            static ::osl::Mutex                         maMutex;
+
+            HWND                                        mhWnd;
+            sal::systools::COMReference<IDirect3DDevice9> mpDevice;
+            sal::systools::COMReference<IDirect3D9>     mpDirect3D9;
+            sal::systools::COMReference<IDirect3DSwapChain9> mpSwapChain;
+            sal::systools::COMReference<IDirect3DVertexBuffer9> mpVertexBuffer;
+            std::shared_ptr<canvas::ISurface>                 mpTexture;
+            VclPtr<SystemChildWindow>                   mpWindow;
+            ::basegfx::B2IVector                        maSize;
+            typedef std::vector<canvas::Vertex>         vertexCache_t;
+            vertexCache_t                               maVertexCache;
+            std::size_t                                 mnCount;
+            int                                         mnBeginSceneCount;
+            bool                                        mbCanUseDynamicTextures;
+            bool                                        mbError;
+            PrimitiveType                               meType;
+            ::basegfx::B2IVector                        maPageSize;
+            D3DPRESENT_PARAMETERS                       mad3dpp;
+
+            bool isDisposed() const { return (mhWnd==nullptr); }
+
+            struct dxvertex
+            {
+                float x,y,z,rhw;
+                DWORD diffuse;
+                float u,v;
+            };
+
+            std::size_t                                 maNumVertices;
+            std::size_t                                 maWriteIndex;
+            std::size_t                                 maReadIndex;
+        };
+
+        ::osl::Mutex DXRenderModule::maMutex;
+
+
+        // DXSurface::ImplRenderModuleGuard
+
+
+        DXSurface::ImplRenderModuleGuard::ImplRenderModuleGuard(
+            DXRenderModule& rRenderModule ) :
+            mrRenderModule( rRenderModule )
+        {
+            mrRenderModule.lock();
+        }
+
+        DXSurface::ImplRenderModuleGuard::~ImplRenderModuleGuard()
+        {
+            mrRenderModule.unlock();
+        }
+
+#ifdef FAKE_MAX_NUMBER_TEXTURES
+        static sal_uInt32 gNumSurfaces = 0;
+#endif
+
+        // DXSurface::DXSurface
+
+
+        DXSurface::DXSurface( DXRenderModule&           rRenderModule,
+                              const ::basegfx::B2ISize& rSize ) :
+            mrRenderModule(rRenderModule),
+            mpTexture(nullptr),
+            maSize()
+        {
+            ImplRenderModuleGuard aGuard( mrRenderModule );
+
+#ifdef FAKE_MAX_NUMBER_TEXTURES
+            ++gNumSurfaces;
+            if(gNumSurfaces >= FAKE_MAX_NUMBER_TEXTURES)
+                return;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef FAKE_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE
+            if(rSize.getX() > FAKE_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE)
+                return;
+            if(rSize.getY() > FAKE_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE)
+                return;
+#endif
+
+            ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW(rSize.getX() > 0 && rSize.getY() > 0,
+                            "DXSurface::DXSurface(): request for zero-sized surface");
+
+            sal::systools::COMReference<IDirect3DDevice9> pDevice(rRenderModule.getDevice());
+
+            IDirect3DTexture9 *pTexture(nullptr);
+            if(FAILED(pDevice->CreateTexture(
+                rSize.getX(),
+                rSize.getY(),
+                1,0,D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8,
+                D3DPOOL_MANAGED,
+                &pTexture,nullptr)))
+                return;
+
+            mpTexture = sal::systools::COMReference<IDirect3DTexture9>(pTexture, false);
+            maSize = rSize;
+        }
+
+
+        // DXSurface::~DXSurface
+
+
+        DXSurface::~DXSurface()
+        {
+            ImplRenderModuleGuard aGuard( mrRenderModule );
+
+#ifdef FAKE_MAX_NUMBER_TEXTURES
+            gNumSurfaces--;
+#endif
+        }
+
+
+        // DXSurface::selectTexture
+
+
+        bool DXSurface::selectTexture()
+        {
+            ImplRenderModuleGuard aGuard( mrRenderModule );
+            mrRenderModule.flushVertexCache();
+            sal::systools::COMReference<IDirect3DDevice9> pDevice(mrRenderModule.getDevice());
+
+            if( FAILED(pDevice->SetTexture(0,mpTexture.get())) )
+                return false;
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+
+        // DXSurface::isValid
+
+
+        bool DXSurface::isValid()
+        {
+            ImplRenderModuleGuard aGuard( mrRenderModule );
+
+            if(!(mpTexture.is()))
+                return false;
+            return true;
+        }
+
+
+        // DXSurface::update
+
+
+        bool DXSurface::update( const ::basegfx::B2IPoint& rDestPos,
+                                const ::basegfx::B2IRange& rSourceRect,
+                                ::canvas::IColorBuffer&    rSource )
+        {
+            ImplRenderModuleGuard aGuard( mrRenderModule );
+
+            // can't update if surface is not valid, that means
+            // either not existent nor restored...
+            if(!(isValid()))
+                return false;
+
+            D3DLOCKED_RECT aLockedRect;
+            RECT rect;
+            rect.left = std::max(sal_Int32(0),rDestPos.getX());
+            rect.top =  std::max(sal_Int32(0),rDestPos.getY());
+            // to avoid interpolation artifacts from other textures,
+            // the surface manager allocates one pixel gap between
+            // them. Clear that to transparent.
+            rect.right = std::min(maSize.getX(),
+                                  rect.left + sal_Int32(rSourceRect.getWidth()+1));
+            rect.bottom = std::min(maSize.getY(),
+                                   rect.top + sal_Int32(rSourceRect.getHeight()+1));
+            const bool bClearRightColumn( rect.right < maSize.getX() );
+            const bool bClearBottomRow( rect.bottom < maSize.getY() );
+
+            if(SUCCEEDED(mpTexture->LockRect(0,&aLockedRect,&rect,D3DLOCK_NOSYSLOCK)))
+            {
+                if(sal_uInt8* pImage = rSource.lock())
+                {
+                    switch( rSource.getFormat() )
+                    {
+                        case ::canvas::IColorBuffer::Format::A8R8G8B8:
+                        {
+                            const std::size_t nSourceBytesPerPixel(4);
+                            const std::size_t nSourcePitchInBytes(rSource.getStride());
+                            pImage += rSourceRect.getMinY()*nSourcePitchInBytes;
+                            pImage += rSourceRect.getMinX()*nSourceBytesPerPixel;
+
+                            // calculate the destination memory address
+                            sal_uInt8 *pDst = static_cast<sal_uInt8*>(aLockedRect.pBits);
+
+                            const sal_uInt32 nNumBytesToCopy(
+                                static_cast<sal_uInt32>(
+                                    rSourceRect.getWidth())*
+                                nSourceBytesPerPixel);
+                            const sal_uInt64 nNumLines(rSourceRect.getHeight());
+
+                            for(sal_uInt64 i=0; i<nNumLines; ++i)
+                            {
+                                memcpy(pDst,pImage,nNumBytesToCopy);
+
+                                if( bClearRightColumn )
+                                {
+                                    // to avoid interpolation artifacts
+                                    // from other textures, the surface
+                                    // manager allocates one pixel gap
+                                    // between them. Clear that to
+                                    // transparent.
+                                    pDst[nNumBytesToCopy] =
+                                        pDst[nNumBytesToCopy+1] =
+                                        pDst[nNumBytesToCopy+2] =
+                                        pDst[nNumBytesToCopy+3] = 0x00;
+                                }
+                                pDst += aLockedRect.Pitch;
+                                pImage += nSourcePitchInBytes;
+                            }
+
+                            if( bClearBottomRow )
+                                memset(pDst, 0, nNumBytesToCopy+4);
+                        }
+                        break;
+
+                        case ::canvas::IColorBuffer::Format::X8R8G8B8:
+                        {
+                            const std::size_t nSourceBytesPerPixel(4);
+                            const std::size_t nSourcePitchInBytes(rSource.getStride());
+                            pImage += rSourceRect.getMinY()*nSourcePitchInBytes;
+                            pImage += rSourceRect.getMinX()*nSourceBytesPerPixel;
+
+                            // calculate the destination memory address
+                            sal_uInt8 *pDst = static_cast<sal_uInt8*>(aLockedRect.pBits);
+
+                            const sal_Int32 nNumLines(
+                                sal::static_int_cast<sal_Int32>(rSourceRect.getHeight()));
+                            const sal_Int32 nNumColumns(
+                                sal::static_int_cast<sal_Int32>(rSourceRect.getWidth()));
+                            for(sal_Int32 i=0; i<nNumLines; ++i)
+                            {
+                                sal_uInt32 *pSrc32 = reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt32 *>(pImage);
+                                sal_uInt32 *pDst32 = reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt32 *>(pDst);
+                                for(sal_Int32 j=0; j<nNumColumns; ++j)
+                                    pDst32[j] = 0xFF000000 | pSrc32[j];
+
+                                if( bClearRightColumn )
+                                    pDst32[nNumColumns] = 0xFF000000;
+
+                                pDst += aLockedRect.Pitch;
+                                pImage += nSourcePitchInBytes;
+                            }
+
+                            if( bClearBottomRow )
+                                memset(pDst, 0, 4*(nNumColumns+1));
+                        }
+                        break;
+
+                        default:
+                            ENSURE_OR_RETURN_FALSE(false,
+                                            "DXSurface::update(): Unknown/unimplemented buffer format" );
+                            break;
+                    }
+
+                    rSource.unlock();
+                }
+
+                return SUCCEEDED(mpTexture->UnlockRect(0));
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+
+        // DXSurface::getSize
+
+
+        ::basegfx::B2IVector DXSurface::getSize()
+        {
+            return maSize;
+        }
+
+        // DXRenderModule::DXRenderModule
+
+
+        DXRenderModule::DXRenderModule( const vcl::Window& rWindow ) :
+            mhWnd(nullptr),
+            mpDevice(),
+            mpDirect3D9(),
+            mpSwapChain(),
+            mpVertexBuffer(),
+            mpTexture(),
+            maSize(),
+            maVertexCache(),
+            mnCount(0),
+            mnBeginSceneCount(0),
+            mbCanUseDynamicTextures(false),
+            mbError( false ),
+            meType( PrimitiveType::Unknown ),
+            maPageSize(),
+            mad3dpp(),
+            maNumVertices( VERTEX_BUFFER_SIZE ),
+            maWriteIndex(0),
+            maReadIndex(0)
+        {
+            // TODO(P2): get rid of those fine-grained locking
+            ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( maMutex );
+
+            if(!(create(rWindow)))
+            {
+                throw lang::NoSupportException( "Could not create DirectX device!" );
+            }
+
+            // allocate a single texture surface which can be used later.
+            // we also use this to calibrate the page size.
+            ::basegfx::B2IVector aPageSize(maPageSize);
+            while(true)
+            {
+                mpTexture = std::make_shared<DXSurface>(*this,aPageSize);
+                if(mpTexture->isValid())
+                    break;
+
+                aPageSize.setX(aPageSize.getX()>>1);
+                aPageSize.setY(aPageSize.getY()>>1);
+                if((aPageSize.getX() < MIN_TEXTURE_SIZE) ||
+                   (aPageSize.getY() < MIN_TEXTURE_SIZE))
+                {
+                    throw lang::NoSupportException(
+                        "Could not create DirectX device - insufficient texture space!" );
+                }
+            }
+            maPageSize=aPageSize;
+
+            IDirect3DVertexBuffer9 *pVB(nullptr);
+            if( FAILED(mpDevice->CreateVertexBuffer(sizeof(dxvertex)*maNumVertices,
+                                                    D3DUSAGE_DYNAMIC|D3DUSAGE_WRITEONLY,
+                                                    D3DFVF_XYZRHW|D3DFVF_DIFFUSE|D3DFVF_TEX1,
+                                                    D3DPOOL_DEFAULT,
+                                                    &pVB,
+                                                    nullptr)) )
+            {
+                throw lang::NoSupportException(
+                    "Could not create DirectX device - out of memory!" );
+            }
+
+            mpVertexBuffer = sal::systools::COMReference<IDirect3DVertexBuffer9>(pVB, false);
+        }
+
+
+        // DXRenderModule::~DXRenderModule
+
+
+        DXRenderModule::~DXRenderModule()
+        {
+            disposing();
+        }
+
+
+        // DXRenderModule::disposing
+
+
+        void DXRenderModule::disposing()
+        {
+            if(!mhWnd)
+                return;
+
+            mpTexture.reset();
+            mpWindow.disposeAndClear();
+            mhWnd=nullptr;
+
+            // refrain from releasing the DX9 objects. We're the only
+            // ones holding references to them, and it might be
+            // dangerous to destroy the DX9 device, before all other
+            // objects are dead.
+        }
+
+
+        // DXRenderModule::create
+
+
+        bool DXRenderModule::create( const vcl::Window& rWindow )
+        {
+            // TODO(P2): get rid of those fine-grained locking
+            ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( maMutex );
+
+            // TODO(F2): since we would like to share precious hardware
+            // resources, the direct3d9 object should be global. each new
+            // request for a canvas should only create a new swapchain.
+            mpDirect3D9 = sal::systools::COMReference<IDirect3D9>(
+                Direct3DCreate9(D3D_SDK_VERSION), false);
+            if(!mpDirect3D9.is())
+                return false;
+
+            maVertexCache.reserve( 1024 );
+
+            mpWindow.disposeAndClear();
+            mpWindow.reset( VclPtr<SystemChildWindow>::Create(
+                              const_cast<vcl::Window *>(&rWindow), 0) );
+
+            // system child window must not receive mouse events
+            mpWindow->SetMouseTransparent( true );
+
+            // parent should receive paint messages as well
+            mpWindow->SetParentClipMode(ParentClipMode::NoClip);
+
+            // the system child window must not clear its background
+            mpWindow->EnableEraseBackground( false );
+
+            mpWindow->SetControlForeground();
+            mpWindow->SetControlBackground();
+
+            const SystemEnvData *pData = mpWindow->GetSystemData();
+            const HWND hwnd(reinterpret_cast<HWND>(pData->hWnd));
+            mhWnd = hwnd;
+
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW( IsWindow( mhWnd ),
+                            "DXRenderModule::create() No valid HWND given." );
+
+            // retrieve position and size of the parent window
+            const ::Size &rSizePixel(rWindow.GetSizePixel());
+
+            // remember the size of the parent window, since we
+            // need to use this for our child window.
+            maSize.setX(static_cast<sal_Int32>(rSizePixel.Width()));
+            maSize.setY(static_cast<sal_Int32>(rSizePixel.Height()));
+
+            // let the child window cover the same size as the parent window.
+            mpWindow->setPosSizePixel(0,0,maSize.getX(),maSize.getY());
+
+            // create a device from the direct3d9 object.
+            if(!(createDevice()))
+            {
+                mpWindow.disposeAndClear();
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            mpWindow->Show();
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+
+        // DXRenderModule::verifyDevice
+
+
+        bool DXRenderModule::verifyDevice( const UINT nAdapter )
+        {
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW( mpDirect3D9.is(),
+                              "DXRenderModule::verifyDevice() No valid device." );
+
+            // ask direct3d9 about the capabilities of hardware devices on a specific adapter.
+            // here we decide if the underlying hardware of the machine 'is good enough'.
+            // since we only need a tiny little fraction of what could be used, this
+            // is basically a no-op.
+            D3DCAPS9 aCaps;
+            if(FAILED(mpDirect3D9->GetDeviceCaps(nAdapter,D3DDEVTYPE_HAL,&aCaps)))
+                return false;
+            if(!(aCaps.MaxTextureWidth))
+                return false;
+            if(!(aCaps.MaxTextureHeight))
+                return false;
+            maPageSize = ::basegfx::B2IVector(aCaps.MaxTextureWidth,aCaps.MaxTextureHeight);
+
+            // check device against allow & denylist entries
+            D3DADAPTER_IDENTIFIER9 aIdent;
+            if(FAILED(mpDirect3D9->GetAdapterIdentifier(nAdapter,0,&aIdent)))
+                return false;
+
+            DXCanvasItem aConfigItem;
+            DXCanvasItem::DeviceInfo aInfo;
+            aInfo.nVendorId = aIdent.VendorId;
+            aInfo.nDeviceId = aIdent.DeviceId;
+            aInfo.nDeviceSubSysId = aIdent.SubSysId;
+            aInfo.nDeviceRevision = aIdent.Revision;
+
+            aInfo.nDriverId = HIWORD(aIdent.DriverVersion.HighPart);
+            aInfo.nDriverVersion = LOWORD(aIdent.DriverVersion.HighPart);
+            aInfo.nDriverSubVersion = HIWORD(aIdent.DriverVersion.LowPart);
+            aInfo.nDriverBuildId = LOWORD(aIdent.DriverVersion.LowPart);
+
+            if( !aConfigItem.isDeviceUsable(aInfo) )
+                return false;
+
+            if( aConfigItem.isDenylistCurrentDevice() )
+            {
+                aConfigItem.denylistDevice(aInfo);
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            aConfigItem.adaptMaxTextureSize(maPageSize);
+
+            mbCanUseDynamicTextures = (aCaps.Caps2 & D3DCAPS2_DYNAMICTEXTURES) != 0;
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+
+        // DXRenderModule::createDevice
+
+
+        bool DXRenderModule::createDevice()
+        {
+            // we expect that the caller provides us with a valid HWND
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW( IsWindow(mhWnd),
+                              "DXRenderModule::createDevice() No valid HWND given." );
+
+            // we expect that the caller already created the direct3d9 object.
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW( mpDirect3D9.is(),
+                              "DXRenderModule::createDevice() no direct3d?." );
+
+            // find the adapter identifier from the window.
+            const UINT aAdapter(getAdapterFromWindow());
+            if(aAdapter == static_cast<UINT>(-1))
+                return false;
+
+            // verify that device possibly works
+            if( !verifyDevice(aAdapter) )
+                return false;
+
+            // query the display mode from the selected adapter.
+            // we'll later request the backbuffer format to be same
+            // same as the display format.
+            D3DDISPLAYMODE d3ddm;
+            mpDirect3D9->GetAdapterDisplayMode(aAdapter,&d3ddm);
+
+            // we need to use D3DSWAPEFFECT_COPY here since the canvas-api has
+            // basically nothing to do with efficient resource handling. it tries
+            // to avoid drawing whenever possible, which is simply not the most
+            // efficient way we could leverage the hardware in this case. it would
+            // be far better to redraw the backbuffer each time we would like to
+            // display the content of the backbuffer, but we need to face reality
+            // here and follow how the canvas was designed.
+
+            // Strictly speaking, we don't need a full screen worth of
+            // backbuffer here. We could also scale dynamically with
+            // the current window size, but this will make it
+            // necessary to temporarily have two buffers while copying
+            // from the old to the new one. What's more, at the time
+            // we need a larger buffer, DX might not have sufficient
+            // resources available, and we're then left with too small
+            // a back buffer, and no way of falling back to a
+            // different canvas implementation.
+            ZeroMemory( &mad3dpp, sizeof(mad3dpp) );
+            mad3dpp.BackBufferWidth = std::max(maSize.getX(),
+                                               sal_Int32(d3ddm.Width));
+            mad3dpp.BackBufferHeight = std::max(maSize.getY(),
+                                                sal_Int32(d3ddm.Height));
+            mad3dpp.BackBufferCount = 1;
+            mad3dpp.Windowed = TRUE;
+            mad3dpp.SwapEffect = D3DSWAPEFFECT_COPY;
+            mad3dpp.BackBufferFormat = d3ddm.Format;
+            mad3dpp.EnableAutoDepthStencil = FALSE;
+            mad3dpp.hDeviceWindow = mhWnd;
+            mad3dpp.PresentationInterval = D3DPRESENT_INTERVAL_ONE;
+
+            // now create the device, first try hardware vertex processing,
+            // then software vertex processing. if both queries fail, we give up
+            // and indicate failure.
+            IDirect3DDevice9 *pDevice(nullptr);
+            if(FAILED(mpDirect3D9->CreateDevice(aAdapter,
+                                                D3DDEVTYPE_HAL,
+                                                mhWnd,
+                                                D3DCREATE_HARDWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING|
+                                                D3DCREATE_MULTITHREADED|D3DCREATE_FPU_PRESERVE,
+                                                &mad3dpp,
+                                                &pDevice)))
+                if(FAILED(mpDirect3D9->CreateDevice(aAdapter,
+                                                    D3DDEVTYPE_HAL,
+                                                    mhWnd,
+                                                    D3DCREATE_SOFTWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING|
+                                                    D3DCREATE_MULTITHREADED|D3DCREATE_FPU_PRESERVE,
+                                                    &mad3dpp,
+                                                    &pDevice)))
+                    return false;
+
+            // got it, store it in a safe place...
+            mpDevice = sal::systools::COMReference<IDirect3DDevice9>(pDevice, false);
+
+            // After CreateDevice, the first swap chain already exists, so just get it...
+            IDirect3DSwapChain9 *pSwapChain(nullptr);
+            pDevice->GetSwapChain(0,&pSwapChain);
+            mpSwapChain = sal::systools::COMReference<IDirect3DSwapChain9>(pSwapChain, false);
+            if( !mpSwapChain.is() )
+                return false;
+
+            // clear the render target [which is the backbuffer in this case].
+            // we are forced to do this once, and furthermore right now.
+            // please note that this is only possible since we created the
+            // backbuffer with copy semantics [the content is preserved after
+            // calls to Present()], which is an unnecessarily expensive operation.
+            LPDIRECT3DSURFACE9 pBackBuffer = nullptr;
+            mpSwapChain->GetBackBuffer(0,D3DBACKBUFFER_TYPE_MONO,&pBackBuffer);
+            mpDevice->SetRenderTarget( 0, pBackBuffer );
+            mpDevice->Clear(0,nullptr,D3DCLEAR_TARGET,0,1.0f,0);
+            pBackBuffer->Release();
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+
+        // DXRenderModule::createSystemMemorySurface
+
+
+        sal::systools::COMReference<IDirect3DSurface9> DXRenderModule::createSystemMemorySurface( const ::basegfx::B2IVector& rSize )
+        {
+            if(isDisposed())
+                return sal::systools::COMReference<IDirect3DSurface9>(nullptr);
+
+            // please note that D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8 is the only format we're
+            // able to choose here, since GetDC() doesn't support any
+            // other 32bit-format.
+            IDirect3DSurface9 *pSurface(nullptr);
+            if( FAILED(mpDevice->CreateOffscreenPlainSurface(
+                           rSize.getX(),
+                           rSize.getY(),
+                           D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8,
+                           D3DPOOL_SYSTEMMEM,
+                           &pSurface,
+                           nullptr)) )
+            {
+                throw lang::NoSupportException(
+                    "Could not create offscreen surface - out of mem!" );
+            }
+
+            return sal::systools::COMReference<IDirect3DSurface9>(pSurface, false);
+        }
+
+
+        // DXRenderModule::flip
+
+
+        bool DXRenderModule::flip( const ::basegfx::B2IRectangle& rUpdateArea,
+                                   const ::basegfx::B2IRectangle& /*rCurrWindowArea*/ )
+        {
+            // TODO(P2): get rid of those fine-grained locking
+            ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( maMutex );
+
+            if(isDisposed() || !mpSwapChain.is())
+                return false;
+
+            flushVertexCache();
+
+            // TODO(P2): Might be faster to actually pass update area here
+            RECT aRect =
+                {
+                    rUpdateArea.getMinX(),
+                    rUpdateArea.getMinY(),
+                    rUpdateArea.getMaxX(),
+                    rUpdateArea.getMaxY()
+                };
+            HRESULT hr(mpSwapChain->Present(&aRect,&aRect,nullptr,nullptr,0));
+            if(FAILED(hr))
+            {
+                if(hr != D3DERR_DEVICELOST)
+                    return false;
+
+                // interestingly enough, sometimes the Reset() below
+                // *still* causes DeviceLost errors. So, cycle until
+                // DX was kind enough to really reset the device...
+                do
+                {
+                    mpVertexBuffer.clear();
+                    hr = mpDevice->Reset(&mad3dpp);
+                    if(SUCCEEDED(hr))
+                    {
+                        IDirect3DVertexBuffer9 *pVB(nullptr);
+                        if( FAILED(mpDevice->CreateVertexBuffer(sizeof(dxvertex)*maNumVertices,
+                                                                D3DUSAGE_DYNAMIC|D3DUSAGE_WRITEONLY,
+                                                                D3DFVF_XYZRHW|D3DFVF_DIFFUSE|D3DFVF_TEX1,
+                                                                D3DPOOL_DEFAULT,
+                                                                &pVB,
+                                                                nullptr)) )
+                        {
+                            throw lang::NoSupportException(
+                                "Could not create DirectX device - out of memory!" );
+                        }
+                        mpVertexBuffer = sal::systools::COMReference<IDirect3DVertexBuffer9>(pVB, false);
+
+                        // retry after the restore
+                        if(SUCCEEDED(mpSwapChain->Present(&aRect,&aRect,nullptr,nullptr,0)))
+                            return true;
+                    }
+
+                    osl::Thread::wait(std::chrono::seconds(1));
+                }
+                while(hr == D3DERR_DEVICELOST);
+
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+
+        // DXRenderModule::screenShot
+
+
+        void DXRenderModule::screenShot()
+        {
+        }
+
+
+        // DXRenderModule::resize
+
+
+        void DXRenderModule::resize( const ::basegfx::B2IRange& rect )
+        {
+            // TODO(P2): get rid of those fine-grained locking
+            ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( maMutex );
+
+            if(isDisposed())
+                return;
+
+            // don't do anything if the size didn't change.
+            if(maSize.getX() == static_cast<sal_Int32>(rect.getWidth()) &&
+               maSize.getY() == static_cast<sal_Int32>(rect.getHeight()))
+               return;
+
+            // TODO(Q2): use numeric cast to prevent overflow
+            maSize.setX(static_cast<sal_Int32>(rect.getWidth()));
+            maSize.setY(static_cast<sal_Int32>(rect.getHeight()));
+
+            mpWindow->setPosSizePixel(0,0,maSize.getX(),maSize.getY());
+
+            // resize back buffer, if necessary
+
+
+            // don't attempt to create anything if the
+            // requested size is NULL.
+            if(!(maSize.getX()))
+                return;
+            if(!(maSize.getY()))
+                return;
+
+            // backbuffer too small (might happen, if window is
+            // maximized across multiple monitors)
+            if( sal_Int32(mad3dpp.BackBufferWidth) < maSize.getX() ||
+                sal_Int32(mad3dpp.BackBufferHeight) < maSize.getY() )
+            {
+                mad3dpp.BackBufferWidth = maSize.getX();
+                mad3dpp.BackBufferHeight = maSize.getY();
+
+                // clear before, save resources
+                mpSwapChain.clear();
+
+                IDirect3DSwapChain9 *pSwapChain(nullptr);
+                if(FAILED(mpDevice->CreateAdditionalSwapChain(&mad3dpp,&pSwapChain)))
+                    return;
+                mpSwapChain = sal::systools::COMReference<IDirect3DSwapChain9>(pSwapChain, false);
+
+                // clear the render target [which is the backbuffer in this case].
+                // we are forced to do this once, and furthermore right now.
+                // please note that this is only possible since we created the
+                // backbuffer with copy semantics [the content is preserved after
+                // calls to Present()], which is an unnecessarily expensive operation.
+                LPDIRECT3DSURFACE9 pBackBuffer = nullptr;
+                mpSwapChain->GetBackBuffer(0,D3DBACKBUFFER_TYPE_MONO,&pBackBuffer);
+                mpDevice->SetRenderTarget( 0, pBackBuffer );
+                mpDevice->Clear(0,nullptr,D3DCLEAR_TARGET,0,1.0f,0);
+                pBackBuffer->Release();
+            }
+        }
+
+
+        // DXRenderModule::getPageSize
+
+
+        ::basegfx::B2IVector DXRenderModule::getPageSize()
+        {
+            // TODO(P2): get rid of those fine-grained locking
+            ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( maMutex );
+            return maPageSize;
+        }
+
+
+        // DXRenderModule::createSurface
+
+
+        std::shared_ptr<canvas::ISurface> DXRenderModule::createSurface( const ::basegfx::B2IVector& surfaceSize )
+        {
+            // TODO(P2): get rid of those fine-grained locking
+            ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( maMutex );
+
+            if(isDisposed())
+                return std::shared_ptr<canvas::ISurface>();
+
+            const ::basegfx::B2IVector& rPageSize( getPageSize() );
+            ::basegfx::B2ISize aSize(surfaceSize);
+            if(!(aSize.getX()))
+                aSize.setX(rPageSize.getX());
+            if(!(aSize.getY()))
+                aSize.setY(rPageSize.getY());
+
+            if(mpTexture.use_count() == 1)
+                return mpTexture;
+
+            return std::make_shared<DXSurface>(*this,aSize);
+        }
+
+
+        // DXRenderModule::beginPrimitive
+
+
+        void DXRenderModule::beginPrimitive( PrimitiveType eType )
+        {
+            // TODO(P2): get rid of those fine-grained locking
+            ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( maMutex );
+
+            if(isDisposed())
+                return;
+
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW( !mnBeginSceneCount,
+                              "DXRenderModule::beginPrimitive(): nested call" );
+
+            ++mnBeginSceneCount;
+            meType=eType;
+            mnCount=0;
+        }
+
+
+        // DXRenderModule::endPrimitive
+
+
+        void DXRenderModule::endPrimitive()
+        {
+            // TODO(P2): get rid of those fine-grained locking
+            ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( maMutex );
+
+            if(isDisposed())
+                return;
+
+            --mnBeginSceneCount;
+            meType = PrimitiveType::Unknown;
+            mnCount = 0;
+        }
+
+
+        // DXRenderModule::pushVertex
+
+
+        void DXRenderModule::pushVertex( const ::canvas::Vertex& vertex )
+        {
+            // TODO(P2): get rid of those fine-grained locking
+            ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( maMutex );
+
+            if(isDisposed())
+                return;
+
+            switch(meType)
+            {
+                case PrimitiveType::Triangle:
+                {
+                    maVertexCache.push_back(vertex);
+                    ++mnCount;
+                    mnCount &= 3;
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                case PrimitiveType::Quad:
+                {
+                    if(mnCount == 3)
+                    {
+                        const std::size_t size(maVertexCache.size());
+                        ::canvas::Vertex v0(maVertexCache[size-1]);
+                        ::canvas::Vertex v2(maVertexCache[size-3]);
+                        maVertexCache.push_back(v0);
+                        maVertexCache.push_back(vertex);
+                        maVertexCache.push_back(v2);
+                        mnCount=0;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        maVertexCache.push_back(vertex);
+                        ++mnCount;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                default:
+                    SAL_WARN("canvas.directx", "DXRenderModule::pushVertex(): unexpected primitive type");
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+
+
+        // DXRenderModule::isError
+
+
+        bool DXRenderModule::isError()
+        {
+            // TODO(P2): get rid of those fine-grained locking
+            ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( maMutex );
+
+            return mbError;
+        }
+
+
+        // DXRenderModule::getAdapterFromWindow
+
+
+        UINT DXRenderModule::getAdapterFromWindow()
+        {
+            HMONITOR hMonitor(MonitorFromWindow(mhWnd, MONITOR_DEFAULTTONEAREST));
+            UINT aAdapterCount(mpDirect3D9->GetAdapterCount());
+            for(UINT i=0; i<aAdapterCount; ++i)
+                if(hMonitor == mpDirect3D9->GetAdapterMonitor(i))
+                    return i;
+            return static_cast<UINT>(-1);
+        }
+
+
+        // DXRenderModule::commitVertexCache
+
+
+        void DXRenderModule::commitVertexCache()
+        {
+            if(maReadIndex != maWriteIndex)
+            {
+                const std::size_t nVertexStride = sizeof(dxvertex);
+                const unsigned int nNumVertices = maWriteIndex-maReadIndex;
+                const unsigned int nNumPrimitives = nNumVertices / 3;
+
+                if(FAILED(mpDevice->SetStreamSource(0,mpVertexBuffer.get(),0,nVertexStride)))
+                    return;
+
+                if(FAILED(mpDevice->SetFVF(D3DFVF_XYZRHW|D3DFVF_DIFFUSE|D3DFVF_TEX1)))
+                    return;
+
+                if(FAILED(mpDevice->BeginScene()))
+                    return;
+
+                mbError |= FAILED(mpDevice->DrawPrimitive(D3DPT_TRIANGLELIST,maReadIndex,nNumPrimitives));
+                mbError |= FAILED(mpDevice->EndScene());
+
+                maReadIndex += nNumVertices;
+            }
+        }
+
+
+        // DXRenderModule::flushVertexCache
+
+
+        void DXRenderModule::flushVertexCache()
+        {
+            if(maVertexCache.empty())
+                return;
+
+            mbError=true;
+
+            if( FAILED(mpDevice->SetRenderState(D3DRS_LIGHTING,FALSE)))
+                return;
+
+            // enable texture alpha blending
+            if( FAILED(mpDevice->SetRenderState(D3DRS_ALPHABLENDENABLE,TRUE)))
+                return;
+
+            mpDevice->SetSamplerState(0,D3DSAMP_MAGFILTER,D3DTEXF_LINEAR);
+            mpDevice->SetSamplerState(0,D3DSAMP_MINFILTER,D3DTEXF_LINEAR);
+            mpDevice->SetSamplerState(0,D3DSAMP_ADDRESSU ,D3DTADDRESS_CLAMP );
+            mpDevice->SetSamplerState(0,D3DSAMP_ADDRESSV ,D3DTADDRESS_CLAMP );
+
+            // configure the fixed-function pipeline.
+            // the only 'feature' we need here is to modulate the alpha-channels
+            // from the texture and the interpolated diffuse color. the result
+            // will then be blended with the backbuffer.
+            // fragment color = texture color * diffuse.alpha.
+            mpDevice->SetTextureStageState(0,D3DTSS_ALPHAOP,D3DTOP_MODULATE);
+            mpDevice->SetTextureStageState(0,D3DTSS_ALPHAARG1,D3DTA_TEXTURE);
+            mpDevice->SetTextureStageState(0,D3DTSS_ALPHAARG2,D3DTA_DIFFUSE);
+
+            // normal combination of object...
+            if( FAILED(mpDevice->SetRenderState(D3DRS_SRCBLEND,D3DBLEND_SRCALPHA)) )
+                return;
+
+            // ..and background color
+            if( FAILED(mpDevice->SetRenderState(D3DRS_DESTBLEND,D3DBLEND_INVSRCALPHA)) )
+                return;
+
+            // disable backface culling; this enables us to mirror sprites
+            // by simply reverting the triangles, which, with enabled
+            // culling, would be invisible otherwise
+            if( FAILED(mpDevice->SetRenderState(D3DRS_CULLMODE,D3DCULL_NONE)) )
+                return;
+
+            mbError=false;
+
+            std::size_t nSize(maVertexCache.size());
+            const std::size_t nVertexStride = sizeof(dxvertex);
+
+            const ::basegfx::B2IVector aPageSize(getPageSize());
+            const float nHalfPixelSizeX(0.5f/aPageSize.getX());
+            const float nHalfPixelSizeY(0.5f/aPageSize.getY());
+            vertexCache_t::const_iterator it(maVertexCache.begin());
+
+            while( nSize )
+            {
+                DWORD dwLockFlags(D3DLOCK_NOOVERWRITE);
+
+                // Check to see if there's space for the current set of
+                // vertices in the buffer.
+                if( maNumVertices - maWriteIndex < nSize )
+                {
+                    commitVertexCache();
+                    dwLockFlags = D3DLOCK_DISCARD;
+                    maWriteIndex = 0;
+                    maReadIndex = 0;
+                }
+
+                dxvertex *vertices(nullptr);
+                const std::size_t nNumVertices(
+                    std::min(maNumVertices - maWriteIndex,
+                             nSize));
+                if(FAILED(mpVertexBuffer->Lock(maWriteIndex*nVertexStride,
+                                               nNumVertices*nVertexStride,
+                                               reinterpret_cast<void **>(&vertices),
+                                               dwLockFlags)))
+                    return;
+
+                std::size_t nIndex(0);
+                while( nIndex < nNumVertices )
+                {
+                    dxvertex &dest = vertices[nIndex++];
+                    dest.x=it->x;
+                    dest.y=it->y;
+                    dest.z=it->z;
+                    dest.rhw=1;
+                    const sal_uInt32 alpha(static_cast<sal_uInt32>(it->a*255.0f));
+                    dest.diffuse=D3DCOLOR_ARGB(alpha,255,255,255);
+                    dest.u=static_cast<float>(it->u + nHalfPixelSizeX);
+                    dest.v=static_cast<float>(it->v + nHalfPixelSizeY);
+                    ++it;
+                }
+
+                mpVertexBuffer->Unlock();
+
+                // Advance to the next position in the vertex buffer.
+                maWriteIndex += nNumVertices;
+                nSize -= nNumVertices;
+
+                commitVertexCache();
+            }
+
+            maVertexCache.clear();
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    // createRenderModule
+
+
+    IDXRenderModuleSharedPtr createRenderModule( const vcl::Window& rParent )
+    {
+        return std::make_shared<DXRenderModule>(rParent);
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_bitmap.cxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_bitmap.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f42170d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_bitmap.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <basegfx/matrix/b2dhommatrix.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/range/b2irange.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+
+#include "dx_bitmap.hxx"
+#include "dx_graphicsprovider.hxx"
+#include "dx_impltools.hxx"
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+
+    // DXBitmap::DXBitmap
+
+
+    DXBitmap::DXBitmap( const BitmapSharedPtr& rBitmap,
+                        bool                   bWithAlpha ) :
+        mpGdiPlusUser( GDIPlusUser::createInstance() ),
+        maSize(rBitmap->GetWidth(),rBitmap->GetHeight()),
+        mpBitmap(rBitmap),
+        mpGraphics(tools::createGraphicsFromBitmap(mpBitmap)),
+        mbAlpha(bWithAlpha)
+    {
+    }
+
+    DXBitmap::DXBitmap( const ::basegfx::B2IVector& rSize,
+                        bool                        bWithAlpha ) :
+        mpGdiPlusUser( GDIPlusUser::createInstance() ),
+        maSize(rSize),
+        mpBitmap(),
+        mpGraphics(),
+        mbAlpha(bWithAlpha)
+    {
+        // create container for pixel data
+        if(mbAlpha)
+        {
+            mpBitmap = std::make_shared<Gdiplus::Bitmap>(
+                    maSize.getX(),
+                    maSize.getY(),
+                    PixelFormat32bppARGB);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            mpBitmap = std::make_shared<Gdiplus::Bitmap>(
+                    maSize.getX(),
+                    maSize.getY(),
+                    PixelFormat24bppRGB);
+        }
+
+        mpGraphics = tools::createGraphicsFromBitmap(mpBitmap);
+    }
+
+    BitmapSharedPtr DXBitmap::getBitmap() const
+    {
+        return mpBitmap;
+    }
+
+    GraphicsSharedPtr DXBitmap::getGraphics()
+    {
+        return mpGraphics;
+    }
+
+    ::basegfx::B2IVector DXBitmap::getSize() const
+    {
+        return maSize;
+    }
+
+    bool DXBitmap::hasAlpha() const
+    {
+        return mbAlpha;
+    }
+
+    uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > DXBitmap::getData( rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout&     /*bitmapLayout*/,
+                                                 const geometry::IntegerRectangle2D& rect )
+    {
+        uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aRes( (rect.X2-rect.X1)*(rect.Y2-rect.Y1)*4 ); // TODO(F1): Be format-agnostic here
+
+        const Gdiplus::Rect aRect( tools::gdiPlusRectFromIntegerRectangle2D( rect ) );
+
+        Gdiplus::BitmapData aBmpData;
+        aBmpData.Width       = rect.X2-rect.X1;
+        aBmpData.Height      = rect.Y2-rect.Y1;
+        aBmpData.Stride      = 4*aBmpData.Width;
+        aBmpData.PixelFormat = PixelFormat32bppARGB;
+        aBmpData.Scan0       = aRes.getArray();
+
+        // TODO(F1): Support more pixel formats natively
+
+        // read data from bitmap
+        if( Gdiplus::Ok != mpBitmap->LockBits( &aRect,
+                                                      Gdiplus::ImageLockModeRead | Gdiplus::ImageLockModeUserInputBuf,
+                                                      PixelFormat32bppARGB, // TODO(F1): Adapt to
+                                                      // Graphics native
+                                                      // format/change
+                                                      // getMemoryLayout
+                                                      &aBmpData ) )
+        {
+            // failed to lock, bail out
+            return uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >();
+        }
+
+        mpBitmap->UnlockBits( &aBmpData );
+
+        return aRes;
+    }
+
+    void DXBitmap::setData( const uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >&        data,
+                            const rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout&   /*bitmapLayout*/,
+                            const geometry::IntegerRectangle2D&     rect )
+    {
+        const Gdiplus::Rect aRect( tools::gdiPlusRectFromIntegerRectangle2D( rect ) );
+
+        Gdiplus::BitmapData aBmpData;
+        aBmpData.Width       = rect.X2-rect.X1;
+        aBmpData.Height      = rect.Y2-rect.Y1;
+        aBmpData.Stride      = 4*aBmpData.Width;
+        aBmpData.PixelFormat = PixelFormat32bppARGB;
+        aBmpData.Scan0       = const_cast<sal_Int8 *>(data.getConstArray());
+            // const_cast is safe, "Gdiplus::ImageLockModeWrite
+            // | Gdiplus::ImageLockModeUserInputBuf makes the data go from
+            // BitmapData into Bitmap", says Thorsten
+
+        // TODO(F1): Support more pixel formats natively
+
+        if( Gdiplus::Ok != mpBitmap->LockBits( &aRect,
+                                                      Gdiplus::ImageLockModeWrite | Gdiplus::ImageLockModeUserInputBuf,
+                                                      PixelFormat32bppARGB, // TODO: Adapt to
+                                                      // Graphics native
+                                                      // format/change
+                                                      // getMemoryLayout
+                                                      &aBmpData ) )
+        {
+            throw uno::RuntimeException();
+        }
+
+        // commit data to bitmap
+        mpBitmap->UnlockBits( &aBmpData );
+    }
+
+    void DXBitmap::setPixel( const uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >&       color,
+                             const rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout&  /*bitmapLayout*/,
+                             const geometry::IntegerPoint2D&        pos )
+    {
+        const geometry::IntegerSize2D aSize( maSize.getX(),maSize.getY() );
+
+        ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( pos.X >= 0 && pos.X < aSize.Width,
+                             "CanvasHelper::setPixel: X coordinate out of bounds" );
+        ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( pos.Y >= 0 && pos.Y < aSize.Height,
+                             "CanvasHelper::setPixel: Y coordinate out of bounds" );
+        ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( color.getLength() > 3,
+                             "CanvasHelper::setPixel: not enough color components" );
+
+        if( Gdiplus::Ok != mpBitmap->SetPixel( pos.X, pos.Y,
+                                                      Gdiplus::Color( tools::sequenceToArgb( color ))))
+        {
+            throw uno::RuntimeException();
+        }
+    }
+
+    uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > DXBitmap::getPixel( rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout&   /*bitmapLayout*/,
+                                                  const geometry::IntegerPoint2D&   pos )
+    {
+        const geometry::IntegerSize2D aSize( maSize.getX(),maSize.getY() );
+
+        ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( pos.X >= 0 && pos.X < aSize.Width,
+                             "CanvasHelper::getPixel: X coordinate out of bounds" );
+        ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( pos.Y >= 0 && pos.Y < aSize.Height,
+                             "CanvasHelper::getPixel: Y coordinate out of bounds" );
+
+        Gdiplus::Color aColor;
+
+        if( Gdiplus::Ok != mpBitmap->GetPixel( pos.X, pos.Y, &aColor ) )
+            return uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >();
+
+        return tools::argbToIntSequence(aColor.GetValue());
+    }
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_bitmap.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_bitmap.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..127ee5fc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_bitmap.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XCanvas.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XIntegerBitmap.hpp>
+#include <basegfx/vector/b2ivector.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/point/b2dpoint.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/range/b2drange.hxx>
+#include <memory>
+#include "dx_winstuff.hxx"
+#include "dx_ibitmap.hxx"
+#include "dx_graphicsprovider.hxx"
+#include "dx_gdiplususer.hxx"
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    class DXBitmap : public IBitmap
+    {
+    public:
+        DXBitmap( const BitmapSharedPtr& rBitmap,
+                  bool                   bWithAlpha );
+        DXBitmap( const ::basegfx::B2IVector& rSize,
+                  bool                        bWithAlpha );
+
+        virtual GraphicsSharedPtr         getGraphics() override;
+
+        virtual BitmapSharedPtr           getBitmap() const override;
+        virtual ::basegfx::B2IVector      getSize() const override;
+        virtual bool                      hasAlpha() const override;
+
+        css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > getData(
+            css::rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout&       bitmapLayout,
+            const css::geometry::IntegerRectangle2D&   rect ) override;
+
+        void setData(
+            const css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >&      data,
+            const css::rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout& bitmapLayout,
+            const css::geometry::IntegerRectangle2D&   rect ) override;
+
+        void setPixel(
+            const css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >&      color,
+            const css::rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout& bitmapLayout,
+            const css::geometry::IntegerPoint2D&       pos ) override;
+
+        css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > getPixel(
+            css::rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout&       bitmapLayout,
+            const css::geometry::IntegerPoint2D&       pos ) override;
+
+    private:
+        // Refcounted global GDI+ state container
+        GDIPlusUserSharedPtr mpGdiPlusUser;
+
+        // size of this image in pixels [integral unit]
+        ::basegfx::B2IVector maSize;
+
+        BitmapSharedPtr      mpBitmap;
+        GraphicsSharedPtr    mpGraphics;
+
+        // true if the bitmap contains an alpha channel
+        bool                 mbAlpha;
+    };
+
+    typedef std::shared_ptr< DXBitmap > DXBitmapSharedPtr;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_bitmapcanvashelper.cxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_bitmapcanvashelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9733853f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_bitmapcanvashelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+
+#include <basegfx/matrix/b2dhommatrix.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/point/b2dpoint.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/utils/canvastools.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/CompositeOperation.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/PathCapType.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/PathJoinType.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/RepaintResult.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/TexturingMode.hpp>
+#include <rtl/math.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+
+#include <canvas/canvastools.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_bitmapcanvashelper.hxx"
+#include "dx_canvasfont.hxx"
+#include "dx_impltools.hxx"
+#include "dx_spritecanvas.hxx"
+#include "dx_textlayout.hxx"
+
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    BitmapCanvasHelper::BitmapCanvasHelper() :
+        mpTarget()
+    {}
+
+    void BitmapCanvasHelper::disposing()
+    {
+        mpTarget.reset();
+        CanvasHelper::disposing();
+    }
+
+    void BitmapCanvasHelper::setTarget( const IBitmapSharedPtr& rTarget )
+    {
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( rTarget,
+                          "BitmapCanvasHelper::setTarget(): Invalid target" );
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( !mpTarget,
+                          "BitmapCanvasHelper::setTarget(): target set, old target would be overwritten" );
+
+        mpTarget = rTarget;
+        CanvasHelper::setTarget(rTarget);
+    }
+
+    void BitmapCanvasHelper::setTarget( const IBitmapSharedPtr&   rTarget,
+                                        const ::basegfx::B2ISize& rOutputOffset )
+    {
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( rTarget,
+                         "BitmapCanvasHelper::setTarget(): invalid target" );
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( !mpTarget,
+                         "BitmapCanvasHelper::setTarget(): target set, old target would be overwritten" );
+
+        mpTarget = rTarget;
+        CanvasHelper::setTarget(rTarget,rOutputOffset);
+    }
+
+    void BitmapCanvasHelper::clear()
+    {
+        if( needOutput() )
+        {
+            GraphicsSharedPtr pGraphics( mpTarget->getGraphics() );
+
+            Gdiplus::Color aClearColor = hasAlpha() ?
+                Gdiplus::Color( 0,255,255,255 ) : Gdiplus::Color(Gdiplus::ARGB(Gdiplus::Color::White));
+
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW(
+                Gdiplus::Ok == pGraphics->SetCompositingMode(
+                    Gdiplus::CompositingModeSourceCopy ), // force set, don't blend
+                "BitmapCanvasHelper::clear(): GDI+ SetCompositingMode call failed" );
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW(
+                Gdiplus::Ok == pGraphics->Clear( aClearColor ),
+                "BitmapCanvasHelper::clear(): GDI+ Clear call failed" );
+        }
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive > BitmapCanvasHelper::drawTextLayout( const rendering::XCanvas*                       /*pCanvas*/,
+                                                                                      const uno::Reference< rendering::XTextLayout >& xLayoutetText,
+                                                                                      const rendering::ViewState&                     viewState,
+                                                                                      const rendering::RenderState&                   renderState )
+    {
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( xLayoutetText.is(),
+                          "BitmapCanvasHelper::drawTextLayout: layout is NULL");
+
+        if( needOutput() )
+        {
+            TextLayout* pTextLayout =
+                dynamic_cast< TextLayout* >( xLayoutetText.get() );
+
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW( pTextLayout,
+                                "BitmapCanvasHelper::drawTextLayout(): TextLayout not compatible with this canvas" );
+
+            pTextLayout->draw( mpTarget->getGraphics(),
+                               viewState,
+                               renderState,
+                               maOutputOffset,
+                               mpDevice,
+                               mpTarget->hasAlpha() );
+        }
+
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive >(nullptr);
+    }
+
+    void BitmapCanvasHelper::copyRect( const rendering::XCanvas*                            /*pCanvas*/,
+                                       const uno::Reference< rendering::XBitmapCanvas >&    /*sourceCanvas*/,
+                                       const geometry::RealRectangle2D&                     /*sourceRect*/,
+                                       const rendering::ViewState&                          /*sourceViewState*/,
+                                       const rendering::RenderState&                        /*sourceRenderState*/,
+                                       const geometry::RealRectangle2D&                     /*destRect*/,
+                                       const rendering::ViewState&                          /*destViewState*/,
+                                       const rendering::RenderState&                        /*destRenderState*/ )
+    {
+        // TODO(F2): copyRect NYI
+    }
+
+    geometry::IntegerSize2D BitmapCanvasHelper::getSize()
+    {
+        if( !mpTarget )
+            return geometry::IntegerSize2D(1, 1);
+
+        return basegfx::unotools::integerSize2DFromB2ISize(mpTarget->getSize());
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XBitmap > BitmapCanvasHelper::getScaledBitmap( const geometry::RealSize2D& /*newSize*/,
+                                                                              bool                        /*beFast*/ )
+    {
+        // TODO(F1):
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XBitmap >();
+    }
+
+    uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > BitmapCanvasHelper::getData( rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout&     bitmapLayout,
+                                                           const geometry::IntegerRectangle2D& rect )
+    {
+        SAL_INFO( "canvas.directx", "::dxcanvas::BitmapCanvasHelper::getData()" );
+
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( mpTarget,
+                          "::dxcanvas::BitmapCanvasHelper::getData(): disposed" );
+
+        bitmapLayout = getMemoryLayout();
+        return mpTarget->getData(bitmapLayout,rect);
+    }
+
+    void BitmapCanvasHelper::setData( const uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >&      data,
+                                      const rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout& bitmapLayout,
+                                      const geometry::IntegerRectangle2D&   rect )
+    {
+        SAL_INFO( "canvas.directx", "::dxcanvas::BitmapCanvasHelper::setData()" );
+
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( mpTarget,
+                          "::dxcanvas::BitmapCanvasHelper::setData(): disposed" );
+
+        mpTarget->setData(data,bitmapLayout,rect);
+    }
+
+    void BitmapCanvasHelper::setPixel( const uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >&       color,
+                                       const rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout&  bitmapLayout,
+                                       const geometry::IntegerPoint2D&        pos )
+    {
+        SAL_INFO( "canvas.directx", "::dxcanvas::BitmapCanvasHelper::setPixel()" );
+
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( mpTarget,
+                          "::dxcanvas::BitmapCanvasHelper::setPixel(): disposed" );
+
+        mpTarget->setPixel(color,bitmapLayout,pos);
+    }
+
+    uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > BitmapCanvasHelper::getPixel( rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout&   bitmapLayout,
+                                                            const geometry::IntegerPoint2D&   pos )
+    {
+        SAL_INFO( "canvas.directx", "::dxcanvas::BitmapCanvasHelper::getPixel()" );
+
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( mpTarget,
+                          "::dxcanvas::BitmapCanvasHelper::getPixel(): disposed" );
+
+        bitmapLayout = getMemoryLayout();
+        return mpTarget->getPixel(bitmapLayout,pos);
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XBitmapPalette > BitmapCanvasHelper::getPalette()
+    {
+        // TODO(F1): Palette bitmaps NYI
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XBitmapPalette >();
+    }
+
+    rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout BitmapCanvasHelper::getMemoryLayout()
+    {
+        if( !mpTarget )
+            return rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout(); // we're disposed
+
+        return ::canvas::tools::getStdMemoryLayout(getSize());
+    }
+    bool BitmapCanvasHelper::hasAlpha() const
+    {
+        return mpTarget && mpTarget->hasAlpha();
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_bitmapcanvashelper.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_bitmapcanvashelper.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46f970493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_bitmapcanvashelper.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XCanvas.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XBitmapCanvas.hpp>
+
+#include <basegfx/vector/b2isize.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/vector/b2dsize.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_graphicsprovider.hxx"
+#include "dx_ibitmap.hxx"
+#include "dx_gdiplususer.hxx"
+#include "dx_impltools.hxx"
+#include "dx_canvashelper.hxx"
+
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    /** Helper class for basic canvas functionality. Also offers
+        optional backbuffer painting, when providing it with a second
+        HDC to render into.
+     */
+    class BitmapCanvasHelper : public CanvasHelper
+    {
+    public:
+        BitmapCanvasHelper();
+
+        /// Release all references
+        void disposing();
+
+        /** Set the target for rendering operations
+
+            @param rTarget
+            Render target
+         */
+        void setTarget( const IBitmapSharedPtr& rTarget );
+
+        /** Set the target for rendering operations
+
+            @param rTarget
+            Render target
+
+            @param rOutputOffset
+            Output offset in pixel
+         */
+        void setTarget( const IBitmapSharedPtr&   rTarget,
+                        const ::basegfx::B2ISize& rOutputOffset );
+
+
+        // CanvasHelper functionality is implementation-inherited. yuck.
+        // =============================================================
+        void clear();
+
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XCachedPrimitive >
+            drawTextLayout( const css::rendering::XCanvas*     pCanvas,
+                            const css::uno::Reference<
+                                css::rendering::XTextLayout >& laidOutText,
+                            const css::rendering::ViewState&   viewState,
+                            const css::rendering::RenderState& renderState );
+
+        // BitmapCanvasHelper functionality
+        // ================================
+
+        void copyRect( const css::rendering::XCanvas*          pCanvas,
+                       const css::uno::Reference<
+                               css::rendering::XBitmapCanvas >&    sourceCanvas,
+                       const css::geometry::RealRectangle2D&   sourceRect,
+                       const css::rendering::ViewState&        sourceViewState,
+                       const css::rendering::RenderState&      sourceRenderState,
+                       const css::geometry::RealRectangle2D&   destRect,
+                       const css::rendering::ViewState&        destViewState,
+                       const css::rendering::RenderState&      destRenderState );
+
+        css::geometry::IntegerSize2D getSize();
+
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XBitmap >
+            getScaledBitmap( const css::geometry::RealSize2D&  newSize,
+                             bool                                           beFast );
+
+        css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >
+            getData( css::rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout&      bitmapLayout,
+                     const css::geometry::IntegerRectangle2D&  rect );
+
+        void setData( const css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >&         data,
+                      const css::rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout&    bitmapLayout,
+                      const css::geometry::IntegerRectangle2D&      rect );
+
+        void setPixel( const css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >&        color,
+                       const css::rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout&   bitmapLayout,
+                       const css::geometry::IntegerPoint2D&         pos );
+
+        css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >
+            getPixel( css::rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout& bitmapLayout,
+                      const css::geometry::IntegerPoint2D& pos );
+
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XBitmapPalette > getPalette();
+
+        css::rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout getMemoryLayout();
+
+        bool hasAlpha() const;
+
+    protected:
+        /// Render target
+        IBitmapSharedPtr mpTarget;
+    };
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_bitmapprovider.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_bitmapprovider.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad83abee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_bitmapprovider.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "dx_ibitmap.hxx"
+#include <memory>
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+struct BitmapProvider
+{
+    virtual ~BitmapProvider() {}
+    virtual IBitmapSharedPtr getBitmap() const = 0;
+};
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvas.cxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvas.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f29813c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvas.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,258 @@
+// /* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <utility>
+
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+
+#include <basegfx/matrix/b2dhommatrix.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/numeric/ftools.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/point/b2dpoint.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/utils/canvastools.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/awt/XSystemDependentWindowPeer.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/awt/XWindow.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/NoSupportException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XSingleServiceFactory.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/registry/XRegistryKey.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
+#include <osl/mutex.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+#include <vcl/sysdata.hxx>
+#include <vcl/skia/SkiaHelper.hxx>
+#include <vcl/window.hxx>
+
+#include <canvas/canvastools.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_canvas.hxx"
+#include "dx_graphicsprovider.hxx"
+#include "dx_winstuff.hxx"
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    namespace {
+
+    /// Actual canonical implementation of the GraphicsProvider interface
+    class GraphicsProviderImpl : public GraphicsProvider
+    {
+        GraphicsSharedPtr mpGraphics;
+    public:
+        explicit GraphicsProviderImpl( GraphicsSharedPtr && pGraphics ) : mpGraphics( std::move(pGraphics) ) {}
+        virtual GraphicsSharedPtr getGraphics() override { return mpGraphics; }
+    };
+
+    }
+
+    Canvas::Canvas( const uno::Sequence< uno::Any >&                aArguments,
+                    const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext >& rxContext ) :
+        maArguments(aArguments),
+        mxComponentContext( rxContext )
+    {
+    }
+
+    void Canvas::initialize()
+    {
+        // #i64742# Only perform initialization when not in probe mode
+        if( maArguments.getLength() == 0 )
+            return;
+
+        assert( !SkiaHelper::isVCLSkiaEnabled() );
+
+        SAL_INFO("canvas.directx", "Canvas::initialize called" );
+
+        // At index 1, we expect a HWND handle here, containing a
+        // pointer to a valid window, on which to output
+        // At index 2, we expect the current window bound rect
+        ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( maArguments.getLength() >= 5 &&
+                             maArguments[4].getValueTypeClass() == uno::TypeClass_SEQUENCE,
+                             "Canvas::initialize: wrong number of arguments, or wrong types" );
+
+        uno::Sequence<sal_Int8> aSeq;
+        maArguments[4] >>= aSeq;
+
+        const SystemGraphicsData* pSysData=reinterpret_cast<const SystemGraphicsData*>(aSeq.getConstArray());
+        if( !pSysData || !pSysData->hDC )
+            throw lang::NoSupportException("Passed SystemGraphicsData or HDC invalid!");
+
+        sal_Int64 nPtr = 0;
+        maArguments[0] >>= nPtr;
+        OutputDevice* pOutDev = reinterpret_cast<OutputDevice*>(nPtr);
+        ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( pOutDev != nullptr,"Canvas::initialize: invalid OutDev pointer" );
+
+        // setup helper
+        maDeviceHelper.init( pSysData->hDC, pOutDev, *this );
+        maCanvasHelper.setDevice( *this );
+        maCanvasHelper.setTarget(
+            std::make_shared<GraphicsProviderImpl>(
+                    GraphicsSharedPtr(Gdiplus::Graphics::FromHDC(pSysData->hDC))));
+
+        maArguments.realloc(0);
+    }
+
+    void Canvas::disposeThis()
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        mxComponentContext.clear();
+
+        // forward to parent
+        CanvasBaseT::disposeThis();
+    }
+
+    OUString SAL_CALL Canvas::getServiceName(  )
+    {
+        return "com.sun.star.rendering.Canvas.GDI+";
+    }
+
+    // XServiceInfo
+    css::uno::Sequence<OUString> Canvas::getSupportedServiceNames(  )
+    {
+        return { "com.sun.star.rendering.Canvas.GDI+" };
+    }
+    OUString Canvas::getImplementationName(  )
+    {
+        return "com.sun.star.comp.rendering.Canvas.GDI+";
+    }
+    sal_Bool Canvas::supportsService( const OUString& sServiceName )
+    {
+        return cppu::supportsService(this, sServiceName);
+    }
+
+    BitmapCanvas::BitmapCanvas( const uno::Sequence< uno::Any >&                aArguments,
+                                const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext >& rxContext ) :
+        maArguments(aArguments),
+        mxComponentContext( rxContext ),
+        mpTarget()
+    {
+    }
+
+    void BitmapCanvas::initialize()
+    {
+        // #i64742# Only perform initialization when not in probe mode
+        if( maArguments.getLength() == 0 )
+            return;
+
+        SAL_INFO("canvas.directx", "BitmapCanvas::initialize called" );
+
+        // At index 1, we expect a HWND handle here, containing a
+        // pointer to a valid window, on which to output
+        // At index 2, we expect the current window bound rect
+        ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( maArguments.getLength() >= 5 &&
+                             maArguments[4].getValueTypeClass() == uno::TypeClass_SEQUENCE,
+                             "Canvas::initialize: wrong number of arguments, or wrong types" );
+
+        uno::Sequence<sal_Int8> aSeq;
+        maArguments[4] >>= aSeq;
+
+        const SystemGraphicsData* pSysData=reinterpret_cast<const SystemGraphicsData*>(aSeq.getConstArray());
+        if( !pSysData || !pSysData->hDC )
+            throw lang::NoSupportException( "Passed SystemGraphicsData or HDC invalid!");
+
+        sal_Int64 nPtr = 0;
+        maArguments[0] >>= nPtr;
+        OutputDevice* pOutDev = reinterpret_cast<OutputDevice*>(nPtr);
+        ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( pOutDev != nullptr,"Canvas::initialize: invalid OutDev pointer" );
+
+        // setup helper
+        maDeviceHelper.init( pSysData->hDC, pOutDev, *this );
+        maCanvasHelper.setDevice( *this );
+
+        // check whether we can actually provide a BitmapCanvas
+        // here. for this, check whether the HDC has a bitmap
+        // selected.
+        HBITMAP hBmp;
+        hBmp=static_cast<HBITMAP>(GetCurrentObject(pSysData->hDC, OBJ_BITMAP));
+        if( !hBmp || GetObjectType(pSysData->hDC) != OBJ_MEMDC )
+        {
+            throw lang::NoSupportException( "Passed HDC is no mem DC/has no bitmap selected!");
+        }
+
+        mpTarget = std::make_shared<DXBitmap>(
+                            BitmapSharedPtr(
+                                Gdiplus::Bitmap::FromHBITMAP(
+                                    hBmp, nullptr) ),
+                            false );
+
+        maCanvasHelper.setTarget( mpTarget );
+
+        maArguments.realloc(0);
+    }
+
+    void BitmapCanvas::disposeThis()
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        mpTarget.reset();
+        mxComponentContext.clear();
+
+        // forward to parent
+        BitmapCanvasBaseT::disposeThis();
+    }
+
+    OUString SAL_CALL BitmapCanvas::getServiceName(  )
+    {
+        return "com.sun.star.rendering.BitmapCanvas.GDI+";
+    }
+
+    // XServiceInfo
+    css::uno::Sequence<OUString> BitmapCanvas::getSupportedServiceNames(  )
+    {
+        return { "com.sun.star.rendering.BitmapCanvas.GDI+" };
+    }
+    OUString BitmapCanvas::getImplementationName(  )
+    {
+        return "com.sun.star.comp.rendering.BitmapCanvas.GDI+";
+    }
+    sal_Bool BitmapCanvas::supportsService( const OUString& sServiceName )
+    {
+        return cppu::supportsService(this, sServiceName);
+    }
+
+    IBitmapSharedPtr BitmapCanvas::getBitmap() const
+    {
+        return mpTarget;
+    }
+
+    extern "C" SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT css::uno::XInterface*
+    canvas_gdiplus_Canvas_get_implementation(
+        css::uno::XComponentContext* context, css::uno::Sequence<css::uno::Any> const& args)
+    {
+        rtl::Reference<Canvas> xCanvas(new Canvas(args, context));
+        xCanvas->initialize();
+        xCanvas->acquire();
+        return static_cast<cppu::OWeakObject*>(xCanvas.get());
+    }
+
+    extern "C" SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT css::uno::XInterface*
+    canvas_gdiplus_BitmapCanvas_get_implementation(
+        css::uno::XComponentContext* context, css::uno::Sequence<css::uno::Any> const& args)
+    {
+        rtl::Reference<BitmapCanvas> xCanvas(new BitmapCanvas(args, context));
+        xCanvas->initialize();
+        xCanvas->acquire();
+        return static_cast<cppu::OWeakObject*>(xCanvas.get());
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvas.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvas.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a00e07fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvas.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <rtl/ref.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceName.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XUpdatable.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XBitmapCanvas.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XIntegerBitmap.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XGraphicDevice.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XBufferController.hpp>
+
+#include <cppuhelper/compbase.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/uno3.hxx>
+
+#include <base/integerbitmapbase.hxx>
+#include <base/basemutexhelper.hxx>
+#include <base/graphicdevicebase.hxx>
+#include <base/canvasbase.hxx>
+#include <base/bitmapcanvasbase.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_bitmapprovider.hxx"
+#include "dx_canvashelper.hxx"
+#include "dx_bitmapcanvashelper.hxx"
+#include "dx_impltools.hxx"
+#include "dx_devicehelper.hxx"
+
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    typedef ::cppu::WeakComponentImplHelper< css::rendering::XCanvas,
+                                             css::rendering::XGraphicDevice,
+                                             css::lang::XMultiServiceFactory,
+                                             css::util::XUpdatable,
+                                             css::beans::XPropertySet,
+                                             css::lang::XServiceName,
+                                             css::lang::XServiceInfo>    GraphicDeviceBase1_Base;
+    typedef ::canvas::GraphicDeviceBase< ::canvas::BaseMutexHelper< GraphicDeviceBase1_Base >,
+                                           DeviceHelper,
+                                           ::osl::MutexGuard,
+                                           ::cppu::OWeakObject >    CanvasBase1_Base;
+    typedef ::canvas::CanvasBase< CanvasBase1_Base,
+                                  CanvasHelper,
+                                  ::osl::MutexGuard,
+                                  ::cppu::OWeakObject >     CanvasBaseT;
+
+    /** Product of this component's factory.
+
+        The Canvas object combines the actual Window canvas with
+        the XGraphicDevice interface. This is because there's a
+        one-to-one relation between them, anyway, since each window
+        can have exactly one canvas and one associated
+        XGraphicDevice. And to avoid messing around with circular
+        references, this is implemented as one single object.
+     */
+    class Canvas : public CanvasBaseT
+    {
+    public:
+        Canvas( const css::uno::Sequence<
+                      css::uno::Any >&               aArguments,
+                const css::uno::Reference<
+                      css::uno::XComponentContext >& rxContext );
+
+        void initialize();
+
+        /// Dispose all internal references
+        virtual void disposeThis() override;
+
+        // Forwarding the XComponent implementation to the
+        // cppu::ImplHelper templated base
+        //                                    Classname   Base doing refcounting    Base implementing the XComponent interface
+        //                                       |                 |                            |
+        //                                       V                 V                            V
+        DECLARE_UNO3_XCOMPONENT_AGG_DEFAULTS( Canvas, GraphicDeviceBase1_Base, ::cppu::WeakComponentImplHelperBase )
+
+        // XServiceName
+        virtual OUString SAL_CALL getServiceName(  ) override;
+
+        // XServiceInfo
+        virtual css::uno::Sequence<OUString> SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames(  ) override;
+        virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName(  ) override;
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( const OUString& ) override;
+
+    private:
+        css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any >                maArguments;
+        css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext > mxComponentContext;
+    };
+
+    typedef ::cppu::WeakComponentImplHelper< css::rendering::XBitmapCanvas,
+                                             css::rendering::XIntegerBitmap,
+                                             css::rendering::XGraphicDevice,
+                                             css::lang::XMultiServiceFactory,
+                                             css::util::XUpdatable,
+                                             css::beans::XPropertySet,
+                                             css::lang::XServiceName,
+                                             css::lang::XServiceInfo >    GraphicDeviceBase2_Base;
+    typedef ::canvas::GraphicDeviceBase< ::canvas::BaseMutexHelper< GraphicDeviceBase2_Base >,
+                                           DeviceHelper,
+                                           ::osl::MutexGuard,
+                                           ::cppu::OWeakObject >    CanvasBase2_Base;
+    typedef ::canvas::IntegerBitmapBase<
+        canvas::BitmapCanvasBase2<
+            CanvasBase2_Base,
+            BitmapCanvasHelper,
+            ::osl::MutexGuard,
+            ::cppu::OWeakObject> > BitmapCanvasBaseT;
+
+    /** Product of this component's factory.
+
+        The Canvas object combines the actual Window canvas with
+        the XGraphicDevice interface. This is because there's a
+        one-to-one relation between them, anyway, since each window
+        can have exactly one canvas and one associated
+        XGraphicDevice. And to avoid messing around with circular
+        references, this is implemented as one single object.
+     */
+    class BitmapCanvas : public BitmapCanvasBaseT, public BitmapProvider
+    {
+    public:
+        BitmapCanvas( const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any >&                aArguments,
+                      const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& rxContext );
+
+        void initialize();
+
+        /// Dispose all internal references
+        virtual void disposeThis() override;
+
+        // Forwarding the XComponent implementation to the
+        // cppu::ImplHelper templated base
+        //                                    Classname   Base doing refcounting    Base implementing the XComponent interface
+        //                                       |                 |                            |
+        //                                       V                 V                            V
+        DECLARE_UNO3_XCOMPONENT_AGG_DEFAULTS( BitmapCanvas, GraphicDeviceBase2_Base, ::cppu::WeakComponentImplHelperBase )
+
+        // XServiceName
+        virtual OUString SAL_CALL getServiceName(  ) override;
+
+        // XServiceInfo
+        virtual css::uno::Sequence<OUString> SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames(  ) override;
+        virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName(  ) override;
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( const OUString& ) override;
+
+        // BitmapProvider
+        virtual IBitmapSharedPtr getBitmap() const override;
+
+     private:
+        css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any >                maArguments;
+        css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext > mxComponentContext;
+        IBitmapSharedPtr                                                             mpTarget;
+    };
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvasbitmap.cxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvasbitmap.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..217d3edd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvasbitmap.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+#include <vcl/bitmapex.hxx>
+
+#include <canvas/canvastools.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_canvasbitmap.hxx"
+#include "dx_impltools.hxx"
+
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    CanvasBitmap::CanvasBitmap( const IBitmapSharedPtr& rBitmap,
+                                const DeviceRef&        rDevice ) :
+        mpDevice( rDevice ),
+        mpBitmap( rBitmap )
+    {
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( mpDevice.is() && mpBitmap,
+                         "CanvasBitmap::CanvasBitmap(): Invalid surface or device" );
+
+        maCanvasHelper.setDevice( *mpDevice );
+        maCanvasHelper.setTarget( mpBitmap );
+    }
+
+    void CanvasBitmap::disposeThis()
+    {
+        mpBitmap.reset();
+        mpDevice.clear();
+
+        // forward to parent
+        CanvasBitmap_Base::disposeThis();
+    }
+
+    namespace {
+
+    struct AlphaDIB
+    {
+        BITMAPINFOHEADER bmiHeader;
+        RGBQUAD          bmiColors[256];
+        AlphaDIB()
+            : bmiHeader({0,0,0,1,8,BI_RGB,0,0,0,0,0})
+        {
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < 256; ++i)
+            {
+                // this here fills palette with grey level colors, starting
+                // from 0,0,0 up to 255,255,255
+                BYTE const b(i);
+                bmiColors[i] = { b,b,b,b };
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    }
+
+    uno::Any SAL_CALL CanvasBitmap::getFastPropertyValue( sal_Int32 nHandle )
+    {
+        uno::Any aRes;
+        // 0 ... get BitmapEx
+        // 1 ... get Pixbuf with bitmap RGB content
+        // 2 ... get Pixbuf with bitmap alpha mask
+        switch( nHandle )
+        {
+            // sorry, no BitmapEx here...
+            case 0:
+                aRes <<= reinterpret_cast<sal_Int64>( nullptr );
+                break;
+
+            case 1:
+            {
+                if(!mpBitmap->hasAlpha())
+                {
+                    HBITMAP aHBmp;
+                    mpBitmap->getBitmap()->GetHBITMAP(Gdiplus::Color(), &aHBmp );
+
+                    uno::Sequence< uno::Any > args{ uno::Any(reinterpret_cast<sal_Int64>(aHBmp)) };
+                    aRes <<= args;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // need to copy&convert the bitmap, since dx
+                    // canvas uses inline alpha channel
+                    HDC hScreenDC=GetDC(nullptr);
+                    const basegfx::B2IVector aSize(mpBitmap->getSize());
+                    HBITMAP hBmpBitmap = CreateCompatibleBitmap( hScreenDC,
+                                                                 aSize.getX(),
+                                                                 aSize.getY() );
+                    if( !hBmpBitmap )
+                        return aRes;
+
+                    BITMAPINFOHEADER aBIH;
+
+                    aBIH.biSize = sizeof( BITMAPINFOHEADER );
+                    aBIH.biWidth = aSize.getX();
+                    aBIH.biHeight = -aSize.getY();
+                    aBIH.biPlanes = 1;
+                    aBIH.biBitCount = 32;
+                    aBIH.biCompression = BI_RGB; // expects pixel in
+                                                 // bbggrrxx format
+                                                 // (little endian)
+                    aBIH.biSizeImage = 0;
+                    aBIH.biXPelsPerMeter = 0;
+                    aBIH.biYPelsPerMeter = 0;
+                    aBIH.biClrUsed = 0;
+                    aBIH.biClrImportant = 0;
+
+                    Gdiplus::BitmapData aBmpData;
+                    aBmpData.Width       = aSize.getX();
+                    aBmpData.Height      = aSize.getY();
+                    aBmpData.Stride      = 4*aBmpData.Width;
+                    aBmpData.PixelFormat = PixelFormat32bppARGB;
+                    aBmpData.Scan0       = nullptr;
+                    const Gdiplus::Rect aRect( 0,0,aSize.getX(),aSize.getY() );
+                    BitmapSharedPtr pGDIPlusBitmap=mpBitmap->getBitmap();
+                    if( Gdiplus::Ok != pGDIPlusBitmap->LockBits( &aRect,
+                                                                 Gdiplus::ImageLockModeRead,
+                                                                 PixelFormat32bppARGB, // outputs ARGB (big endian)
+                                                                 &aBmpData ) )
+                    {
+                        // failed to lock, bail out
+                        return aRes;
+                    }
+
+                    // now aBmpData.Scan0 contains our bits - push
+                    // them into HBITMAP, ignoring alpha
+                    SetDIBits( hScreenDC, hBmpBitmap, 0, aSize.getY(), aBmpData.Scan0, reinterpret_cast<PBITMAPINFO>(&aBIH), DIB_RGB_COLORS );
+
+                    pGDIPlusBitmap->UnlockBits( &aBmpData );
+
+                    uno::Sequence< uno::Any > args{ uno::Any(reinterpret_cast<sal_Int64>(hBmpBitmap)) };
+                    aRes <<= args;
+                }
+            }
+            break;
+
+            case 2:
+            {
+                if(!mpBitmap->hasAlpha())
+                {
+                    return aRes;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    static AlphaDIB aDIB;
+
+                    // need to copy&convert the bitmap, since dx
+                    // canvas uses inline alpha channel
+                    HDC hScreenDC=GetDC(nullptr);
+                    const basegfx::B2IVector aSize(mpBitmap->getSize());
+                    HBITMAP hBmpBitmap = CreateCompatibleBitmap( hScreenDC, aSize.getX(), aSize.getY() );
+                    if( !hBmpBitmap )
+                        return aRes;
+
+                    aDIB.bmiHeader.biSize = sizeof( BITMAPINFOHEADER );
+                    aDIB.bmiHeader.biWidth = aSize.getX();
+                    aDIB.bmiHeader.biHeight = -aSize.getY();
+                    aDIB.bmiHeader.biPlanes = 1;
+                    aDIB.bmiHeader.biBitCount = 8;
+                    aDIB.bmiHeader.biCompression = BI_RGB;
+                    aDIB.bmiHeader.biSizeImage = 0;
+                    aDIB.bmiHeader.biXPelsPerMeter = 0;
+                    aDIB.bmiHeader.biYPelsPerMeter = 0;
+                    aDIB.bmiHeader.biClrUsed = 0;
+                    aDIB.bmiHeader.biClrImportant = 0;
+
+                    Gdiplus::BitmapData aBmpData;
+                    aBmpData.Width       = aSize.getX();
+                    aBmpData.Height      = aSize.getY();
+                    aBmpData.Stride      = 4*aBmpData.Width;
+                    aBmpData.PixelFormat = PixelFormat32bppARGB;
+                    aBmpData.Scan0       = nullptr;
+                    const Gdiplus::Rect aRect( 0,0,aSize.getX(),aSize.getY() );
+                    BitmapSharedPtr pGDIPlusBitmap=mpBitmap->getBitmap();
+                    if( Gdiplus::Ok != pGDIPlusBitmap->LockBits( &aRect,
+                                                                 Gdiplus::ImageLockModeRead,
+                                                                 PixelFormat32bppARGB, // outputs ARGB (big endian)
+                                                                 &aBmpData ) )
+                    {
+                        // failed to lock, bail out
+                        return aRes;
+                    }
+
+                    // copy only alpha channel to pAlphaBits
+                    const sal_Int32 nScanWidth((aSize.getX() + 3) & ~3);
+                    std::unique_ptr<sal_uInt8[]> pAlphaBits( new sal_uInt8[nScanWidth*aSize.getY()] );
+                    const sal_uInt8* pInBits=static_cast<sal_uInt8*>(aBmpData.Scan0);
+                    pInBits+=3;
+                    for( sal_Int32 y=0; y<aSize.getY(); ++y )
+                    {
+                        sal_uInt8* pOutBits=pAlphaBits.get()+y*nScanWidth;
+                        for( sal_Int32 x=0; x<aSize.getX(); ++x )
+                        {
+                            *pOutBits++ = 255-*pInBits;
+                            pInBits += 4;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    pGDIPlusBitmap->UnlockBits( &aBmpData );
+
+                    // set bits to newly create HBITMAP
+                    SetDIBits( hScreenDC, hBmpBitmap, 0,
+                               aSize.getY(), pAlphaBits.get(),
+                               reinterpret_cast<PBITMAPINFO>(&aDIB), DIB_RGB_COLORS );
+
+                    uno::Sequence< uno::Any > args{ uno::Any(reinterpret_cast<sal_Int64>(hBmpBitmap)) };
+                    aRes <<= args;
+                }
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+
+        return aRes;
+    }
+
+    OUString SAL_CALL CanvasBitmap::getImplementationName(  )
+    {
+        return "DXCanvas.CanvasBitmap";
+    }
+
+    sal_Bool SAL_CALL CanvasBitmap::supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName )
+    {
+        return cppu::supportsService( this, ServiceName );
+    }
+
+    uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL CanvasBitmap::getSupportedServiceNames(  )
+    {
+        return { "com.sun.star.rendering.CanvasBitmap" };
+    }
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvasbitmap.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvasbitmap.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1725b447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvasbitmap.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XBitmapCanvas.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XIntegerBitmap.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XFastPropertySet.hpp>
+#include <basegfx/vector/b2isize.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/compbase.hxx>
+#include <base/basemutexhelper.hxx>
+#include <base/bitmapcanvasbase.hxx>
+#include <base/integerbitmapbase.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_bitmapprovider.hxx"
+#include "dx_bitmapcanvashelper.hxx"
+#include "dx_devicehelper.hxx"
+#include "dx_impltools.hxx"
+#include "dx_ibitmap.hxx"
+
+
+/* Definition of CanvasBitmap class */
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    typedef ::cppu::WeakComponentImplHelper< css::rendering::XBitmapCanvas,
+                                             css::rendering::XIntegerBitmap,
+                                             css::lang::XServiceInfo,
+                                             css::beans::XFastPropertySet >      CanvasBitmapBase_Base;
+    typedef ::canvas::IntegerBitmapBase<
+        canvas::BitmapCanvasBase2<
+            ::canvas::BaseMutexHelper< CanvasBitmapBase_Base >,
+            BitmapCanvasHelper,
+            ::osl::MutexGuard,
+            ::cppu::OWeakObject> > CanvasBitmap_Base;
+
+    class CanvasBitmap : public CanvasBitmap_Base, public BitmapProvider
+    {
+    public:
+        /** Create a canvas bitmap for the given surface
+
+            @param rSurface
+            Surface to create API object for.
+
+            @param rDevice
+            Reference device, with which bitmap should be compatible
+         */
+        CanvasBitmap( const IBitmapSharedPtr& rSurface,
+                      const DeviceRef&        rDevice );
+
+        /// Dispose all internal references
+        virtual void disposeThis() override;
+
+        // XServiceInfo
+        virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName(  ) override;
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName ) override;
+        virtual css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames(  ) override;
+
+        // BitmapProvider
+        virtual IBitmapSharedPtr getBitmap() const override { return mpBitmap; }
+
+        virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getFastPropertyValue(sal_Int32 nHandle) override;
+        virtual void SAL_CALL setFastPropertyValue(sal_Int32, const css::uno::Any&) override {}
+
+    private:
+        /** MUST hold here, too, since CanvasHelper only contains a
+            raw pointer (without refcounting)
+        */
+        DeviceRef        mpDevice;
+        IBitmapSharedPtr mpBitmap;
+    };
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvascustomsprite.cxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvascustomsprite.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0e58f29d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvascustomsprite.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <basegfx/matrix/b2dhommatrix.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/point/b2dpoint.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
+#include <rtl/math.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+
+#include <canvas/canvastools.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_canvascustomsprite.hxx"
+#include "dx_impltools.hxx"
+#include "dx_spritecanvas.hxx"
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    CanvasCustomSprite::CanvasCustomSprite( const css::geometry::RealSize2D&   rSpriteSize,
+                                            const SpriteCanvasRef&                          rRefDevice,
+                                            const IDXRenderModuleSharedPtr&                 rRenderModule,
+                                            const std::shared_ptr<canvas::ISurfaceProxyManager>&  rSurfaceProxy,
+                                            bool                                            bShowSpriteBounds ) :
+        mpSpriteCanvas( rRefDevice ),
+        mpSurface()
+    {
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( rRefDevice,
+                         "CanvasCustomSprite::CanvasCustomSprite(): Invalid sprite canvas" );
+
+        mpSurface = std::make_shared<DXSurfaceBitmap>(
+                ::basegfx::B2IVector(
+                    ::canvas::tools::roundUp( rSpriteSize.Width ),
+                    ::canvas::tools::roundUp( rSpriteSize.Height )),
+                rSurfaceProxy,
+                rRenderModule,
+                true);
+
+        maCanvasHelper.setDevice( *rRefDevice );
+        maCanvasHelper.setTarget( mpSurface );
+
+        maSpriteHelper.init( rSpriteSize,
+                             rRefDevice,
+                             rRenderModule,
+                             mpSurface,
+                             bShowSpriteBounds );
+
+        // clear sprite to 100% transparent
+        maCanvasHelper.clear();
+    }
+
+    void CanvasCustomSprite::disposeThis()
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        mpSurface.reset();
+        mpSpriteCanvas.clear();
+
+        // forward to parent
+        CanvasCustomSpriteBaseT::disposeThis();
+    }
+
+    OUString SAL_CALL CanvasCustomSprite::getImplementationName()
+    {
+        return "DXCanvas.CanvasCustomSprite";
+    }
+
+    sal_Bool SAL_CALL CanvasCustomSprite::supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName )
+    {
+        return cppu::supportsService( this, ServiceName );
+    }
+
+    uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL CanvasCustomSprite::getSupportedServiceNames()
+    {
+        return { "com.sun.star.rendering.CanvasCustomSprite" };
+    }
+
+    void CanvasCustomSprite::redraw() const
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        maSpriteHelper.redraw( mbSurfaceDirty );
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvascustomsprite.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvascustomsprite.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2411a1527
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvascustomsprite.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cppuhelper/compbase.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/uno3.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XComponent.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XCustomSprite.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XIntegerBitmap.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XPolyPolygon2D.hpp>
+
+#include <basegfx/point/b2dpoint.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/vector/b2isize.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/matrix/b2dhommatrix.hxx>
+
+#include <base/basemutexhelper.hxx>
+#include <base/canvascustomspritebase.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_sprite.hxx"
+#include "dx_surfacebitmap.hxx"
+#include "dx_bitmapcanvashelper.hxx"
+#include "dx_spritehelper.hxx"
+#include "dx_spritecanvas.hxx"
+
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    typedef ::cppu::WeakComponentImplHelper< css::rendering::XCustomSprite,
+                                             css::rendering::XBitmapCanvas,
+                                             css::rendering::XIntegerBitmap,
+                                             css::lang::XServiceInfo >  CanvasCustomSpriteBase_Base;
+    /** Mixin Sprite
+
+        Have to mixin the Sprite interface before deriving from
+        ::canvas::CanvasCustomSpriteBase, as this template should
+        already implement some of those interface methods.
+
+        The reason why this appears kinda convoluted is the fact that
+        we cannot specify non-IDL types as WeakComponentImplHelper
+        template args, and furthermore, don't want to derive
+        ::canvas::CanvasCustomSpriteBase directly from
+        ::canvas::Sprite (because derivees of
+        ::canvas::CanvasCustomSpriteBase have to explicitly forward
+        the XInterface methods (e.g. via DECLARE_UNO3_AGG_DEFAULTS)
+        anyway). Basically, ::canvas::CanvasCustomSpriteBase should
+        remain a base class that provides implementation, not to
+        enforce any specific interface on its derivees.
+     */
+    class CanvasCustomSpriteSpriteBase_Base : public ::canvas::BaseMutexHelper< CanvasCustomSpriteBase_Base >,
+                                                 public Sprite
+    {
+    };
+
+    typedef ::canvas::CanvasCustomSpriteBase< CanvasCustomSpriteSpriteBase_Base,
+                                              SpriteHelper,
+                                              BitmapCanvasHelper,
+                                              ::osl::MutexGuard,
+                                              ::cppu::OWeakObject >                     CanvasCustomSpriteBaseT;
+
+    /* Definition of CanvasCustomSprite class */
+
+    class CanvasCustomSprite : public CanvasCustomSpriteBaseT
+    {
+    public:
+        /** Create a custom sprite
+
+            @param rSpriteSize
+            Size of the sprite in pixel
+
+            @param rRefDevice
+            Associated output device
+
+            @param rSpriteCanvas
+            Target canvas
+
+            @param rDevice
+            Target DX device
+         */
+        CanvasCustomSprite( const css::geometry::RealSize2D&   rSpriteSize,
+                            const SpriteCanvasRef&                          rRefDevice,
+                            const IDXRenderModuleSharedPtr&                 rRenderModule,
+                            const std::shared_ptr<canvas::ISurfaceProxyManager>&  rSurfaceProxy,
+                            bool                                            bShowSpriteBounds );
+
+        virtual void disposeThis() override;
+
+        // Forwarding the XComponent implementation to the
+        // cppu::ImplHelper templated base
+        //                                    Classname           Base doing refcount          Base implementing the XComponent interface
+        //                                          |                    |                         |
+        //                                          V                    V                         V
+        DECLARE_UNO3_XCOMPONENT_AGG_DEFAULTS( CanvasCustomSprite, CanvasCustomSpriteBase_Base, ::cppu::WeakComponentImplHelperBase )
+
+        // XServiceInfo
+        virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName() override;
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName ) override;
+        virtual css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames() override;
+
+        // Sprite
+        virtual void redraw() const override;
+
+    private:
+        /** MUST hold here, too, since BitmapCanvasHelper only contains a
+            raw pointer (without refcounting)
+        */
+        SpriteCanvasRef          mpSpriteCanvas;
+        DXSurfaceBitmapSharedPtr mpSurface;
+    };
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvasfont.cxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvasfont.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aeb307052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvasfont.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <o3tl/char16_t2wchar_t.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/PanoseWeight.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XSpriteCanvas.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_canvasfont.hxx"
+#include "dx_spritecanvas.hxx"
+#include "dx_textlayout.hxx"
+#include "dx_winstuff.hxx"
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    namespace
+    {
+        INT calcFontStyle( const rendering::FontRequest& rFontRequest )
+        {
+            INT nFontStyle( Gdiplus::FontStyleRegular );
+
+            if( rFontRequest.FontDescription.FontDescription.Weight > rendering::PanoseWeight::BOOK )
+                nFontStyle = Gdiplus::FontStyleBold;
+
+            return nFontStyle;
+        }
+    }
+
+    CanvasFont::CanvasFont( const rendering::FontRequest&                   rFontRequest,
+                            const uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue >&    extraFontProperties,
+                            const geometry::Matrix2D&                       fontMatrix ) :
+        CanvasFont_Base( m_aMutex ),
+        mpGdiPlusUser( GDIPlusUser::createInstance() ),
+        mpFontFamily(),
+        mpFont(),
+        maFontRequest( rFontRequest ),
+        mnEmphasisMark(0),
+        maFontMatrix( fontMatrix )
+    {
+        mpFontFamily = std::make_shared<Gdiplus::FontFamily>(o3tl::toW(rFontRequest.FontDescription.FamilyName.getStr()),nullptr);
+        if( !mpFontFamily->IsAvailable() )
+            mpFontFamily = std::make_shared<Gdiplus::FontFamily>(L"Arial",nullptr);
+
+        mpFont = std::make_shared<Gdiplus::Font>( mpFontFamily.get(),
+                                         static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rFontRequest.CellSize),
+                                         calcFontStyle( rFontRequest ),
+                                         Gdiplus::UnitWorld );
+
+        ::canvas::tools::extractExtraFontProperties(extraFontProperties, mnEmphasisMark);
+    }
+
+    void SAL_CALL CanvasFont::disposing()
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        mpFont.reset();
+        mpFontFamily.reset();
+        mpGdiPlusUser.reset();
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XTextLayout > SAL_CALL CanvasFont::createTextLayout( const rendering::StringContext& aText,
+                                                                                    sal_Int8                        nDirection,
+                                                                                    sal_Int64                       nRandomSeed )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        return new TextLayout( aText, nDirection, nRandomSeed, ImplRef( this ) );
+    }
+
+    uno::Sequence< double > SAL_CALL CanvasFont::getAvailableSizes(  )
+    {
+        // TODO
+        return uno::Sequence< double >();
+    }
+
+    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > SAL_CALL CanvasFont::getExtraFontProperties(  )
+    {
+        // TODO
+        return uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue >();
+    }
+
+    rendering::FontRequest SAL_CALL CanvasFont::getFontRequest(  )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        return maFontRequest;
+    }
+
+    rendering::FontMetrics SAL_CALL CanvasFont::getFontMetrics(  )
+    {
+        // TODO
+        return rendering::FontMetrics();
+    }
+
+    OUString SAL_CALL CanvasFont::getImplementationName()
+    {
+        return "DXCanvas::CanvasFont";
+    }
+
+    sal_Bool SAL_CALL CanvasFont::supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName )
+    {
+        return cppu::supportsService( this, ServiceName );
+    }
+
+    uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL CanvasFont::getSupportedServiceNames()
+    {
+        return { "com.sun.star.rendering.CanvasFont" };
+    }
+
+    double CanvasFont::getCellAscent() const
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        return mpFontFamily->GetCellAscent(0); // TODO(F1): rFontRequest.styleName
+    }
+
+    double CanvasFont::getEmHeight() const
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        return mpFontFamily->GetEmHeight(0); // TODO(F1): rFontRequest.styleName
+    }
+
+    FontSharedPtr CanvasFont::getFont() const
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        return mpFont;
+    }
+
+    const css::geometry::Matrix2D& CanvasFont::getFontMatrix() const
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        return maFontMatrix;
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvasfont.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvasfont.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5f369d00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvasfont.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cppuhelper/compbase.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/basemutex.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XCanvas.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XCanvasFont.hpp>
+
+#include <rtl/ref.hxx>
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "dx_winstuff.hxx"
+#include "dx_gdiplususer.hxx"
+
+
+/* Definition of CanvasFont class */
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    typedef std::shared_ptr< Gdiplus::Font >        FontSharedPtr;
+    typedef std::shared_ptr< Gdiplus::FontFamily >  FontFamilySharedPtr;
+
+    typedef ::cppu::WeakComponentImplHelper< css::rendering::XCanvasFont,
+                                             css::lang::XServiceInfo > CanvasFont_Base;
+
+    class CanvasFont : public ::cppu::BaseMutex,
+                       public CanvasFont_Base
+    {
+    public:
+        typedef rtl::Reference<CanvasFont> ImplRef;
+        /// make noncopyable
+        CanvasFont(const CanvasFont&) = delete;
+        const CanvasFont& operator=(const CanvasFont&) = delete;
+
+        CanvasFont( const css::rendering::FontRequest&                                     fontRequest,
+                    const css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue >&    extraFontProperties,
+                    const css::geometry::Matrix2D&                                         fontMatrix );
+
+        /// Dispose all internal references
+        virtual void SAL_CALL disposing() override;
+
+        // XCanvasFont
+        virtual css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XTextLayout > SAL_CALL createTextLayout( const css::rendering::StringContext& aText, sal_Int8 nDirection, sal_Int64 nRandomSeed ) override;
+        virtual css::rendering::FontRequest SAL_CALL getFontRequest(  ) override;
+        virtual css::rendering::FontMetrics SAL_CALL getFontMetrics(  ) override;
+        virtual css::uno::Sequence< double > SAL_CALL getAvailableSizes(  ) override;
+        virtual css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue > SAL_CALL getExtraFontProperties(  ) override;
+
+        // XServiceInfo
+        virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName() override;
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName ) override;
+        virtual css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames() override;
+
+        double              getCellAscent() const;
+        double              getEmHeight() const;
+        FontSharedPtr       getFont() const;
+        const css::geometry::Matrix2D& getFontMatrix() const;
+        sal_uInt32          getEmphasisMark() const { return mnEmphasisMark; }
+
+    private:
+        GDIPlusUserSharedPtr                        mpGdiPlusUser;
+        FontFamilySharedPtr                         mpFontFamily;
+        FontSharedPtr                               mpFont;
+        css::rendering::FontRequest    maFontRequest;
+        sal_uInt32                     mnEmphasisMark;
+        css::geometry::Matrix2D        maFontMatrix;
+    };
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvashelper.cxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvashelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ca2e09e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvashelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,814 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+
+#include <basegfx/matrix/b2dhommatrix.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/matrix/b2dhommatrixtools.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/point/b2dpoint.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/utils/canvastools.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/CompositeOperation.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/PathCapType.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/PathJoinType.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/RepaintResult.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/TexturingMode.hpp>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+#include <o3tl/char16_t2wchar_t.hxx>
+#include <rtl/math.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+
+#include <canvas/canvastools.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_canvasfont.hxx"
+#include "dx_canvashelper.hxx"
+#include "dx_impltools.hxx"
+#include "dx_spritecanvas.hxx"
+#include "dx_textlayout.hxx"
+#include "dx_vcltools.hxx"
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    namespace
+    {
+        Gdiplus::LineCap gdiLineCapFromCap( sal_Int8 nCapType )
+        {
+            switch( nCapType )
+            {
+                case rendering::PathCapType::BUTT:
+                    return Gdiplus::LineCapFlat;
+
+                case rendering::PathCapType::ROUND:
+                    return Gdiplus::LineCapRound;
+
+                case rendering::PathCapType::SQUARE:
+                    return Gdiplus::LineCapSquare;
+
+                default:
+                    ENSURE_OR_THROW( false,
+                                      "gdiLineCapFromCap(): Unexpected cap type" );
+            }
+
+            return Gdiplus::LineCapFlat;
+        }
+
+        Gdiplus::DashCap gdiDashCapFromCap( sal_Int8 nCapType )
+        {
+            switch( nCapType )
+            {
+                case rendering::PathCapType::BUTT:
+                    return Gdiplus::DashCapFlat;
+
+                case rendering::PathCapType::ROUND:
+                    return Gdiplus::DashCapRound;
+
+                // Gdiplus does not know square, using flat would make short
+                // dashes disappear, so use triangle as the closest one.
+                case rendering::PathCapType::SQUARE:
+                    return Gdiplus::DashCapTriangle;
+
+                default:
+                    ENSURE_OR_THROW( false,
+                                      "gdiDashCapFromCap(): Unexpected cap type" );
+            }
+
+            return Gdiplus::DashCapFlat;
+        }
+
+        Gdiplus::LineJoin gdiJoinFromJoin( sal_Int8 nJoinType )
+        {
+            switch( nJoinType )
+            {
+                case rendering::PathJoinType::NONE:
+                    SAL_WARN( "canvas.directx", "gdiJoinFromJoin(): Join NONE not possible, mapping to BEVEL (closest to NONE)" );
+                    return Gdiplus::LineJoinBevel;
+
+                case rendering::PathJoinType::MITER:
+                    // in GDI+ fallback to Bevel, if miter limit is exceeded, is not done
+                    // by Gdiplus::LineJoinMiter but by Gdiplus::LineJoinMiterClipped
+                    return Gdiplus::LineJoinMiterClipped;
+
+                case rendering::PathJoinType::ROUND:
+                    return Gdiplus::LineJoinRound;
+
+                case rendering::PathJoinType::BEVEL:
+                    return Gdiplus::LineJoinBevel;
+
+                default:
+                    ENSURE_OR_THROW( false,
+                                      "gdiJoinFromJoin(): Unexpected join type" );
+            }
+
+            return Gdiplus::LineJoinMiter;
+        }
+    }
+
+    CanvasHelper::CanvasHelper() :
+        mpGdiPlusUser( GDIPlusUser::createInstance() ),
+        mpDevice( nullptr ),
+        mpGraphicsProvider(),
+        maOutputOffset()
+    {
+    }
+
+    void CanvasHelper::disposing()
+    {
+        mpGraphicsProvider.reset();
+        mpDevice = nullptr;
+        mpGdiPlusUser.reset();
+    }
+
+    void CanvasHelper::setDevice( rendering::XGraphicDevice& rDevice )
+    {
+        mpDevice = &rDevice;
+    }
+
+    void CanvasHelper::setTarget( const GraphicsProviderSharedPtr& rTarget )
+    {
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( rTarget,
+                          "CanvasHelper::setTarget(): Invalid target" );
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( !mpGraphicsProvider,
+                          "CanvasHelper::setTarget(): target set, old target would be overwritten" );
+
+        mpGraphicsProvider = rTarget;
+    }
+
+    void CanvasHelper::setTarget( const GraphicsProviderSharedPtr& rTarget,
+                                  const ::basegfx::B2ISize&        rOutputOffset )
+    {
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( rTarget,
+                         "CanvasHelper::setTarget(): invalid target" );
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( !mpGraphicsProvider,
+                         "CanvasHelper::setTarget(): target set, old target would be overwritten" );
+
+        mpGraphicsProvider = rTarget;
+        maOutputOffset = rOutputOffset;
+    }
+
+    void CanvasHelper::clear()
+    {
+        if( needOutput() )
+        {
+            GraphicsSharedPtr pGraphics( mpGraphicsProvider->getGraphics() );
+            Gdiplus::Color aClearColor{Gdiplus::ARGB(Gdiplus::Color::White)};
+
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW(
+                Gdiplus::Ok == pGraphics->SetCompositingMode(
+                    Gdiplus::CompositingModeSourceCopy ), // force set, don't blend
+                "CanvasHelper::clear(): GDI+ SetCompositingMode call failed" );
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW(
+                Gdiplus::Ok == pGraphics->Clear( aClearColor ),
+                "CanvasHelper::clear(): GDI+ Clear call failed" );
+        }
+    }
+
+    void CanvasHelper::drawPoint( const rendering::XCanvas*     /*pCanvas*/,
+                                  const geometry::RealPoint2D&  aPoint,
+                                  const rendering::ViewState&   viewState,
+                                  const rendering::RenderState& renderState )
+    {
+        if( needOutput() )
+        {
+            GraphicsSharedPtr pGraphics( mpGraphicsProvider->getGraphics() );
+
+            setupGraphicsState( pGraphics, viewState, renderState );
+
+            Gdiplus::SolidBrush aBrush(
+                Gdiplus::Color(
+                    tools::sequenceToArgb(renderState.DeviceColor)) );
+
+            // determine size of one-by-one device pixel ellipse
+            Gdiplus::Matrix aMatrix;
+            pGraphics->GetTransform(&aMatrix);
+            aMatrix.Invert();
+            Gdiplus::PointF vector(1, 1);
+            aMatrix.TransformVectors(&vector);
+
+            // paint a one-by-one circle, with the given point
+            // in the middle (rounded to float)
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW(
+                Gdiplus::Ok == pGraphics->FillEllipse( &aBrush,
+                                                       // disambiguate call
+                                                       Gdiplus::REAL(aPoint.X),
+                                                       Gdiplus::REAL(aPoint.Y),
+                                                       Gdiplus::REAL(vector.X),
+                                                       Gdiplus::REAL(vector.Y) ),
+                "CanvasHelper::drawPoint(): GDI+ call failed" );
+        }
+    }
+
+    void CanvasHelper::drawLine( const rendering::XCanvas*      /*pCanvas*/,
+                                 const geometry::RealPoint2D&   aStartPoint,
+                                 const geometry::RealPoint2D&   aEndPoint,
+                                 const rendering::ViewState&    viewState,
+                                 const rendering::RenderState&  renderState )
+    {
+        if( needOutput() )
+        {
+            GraphicsSharedPtr pGraphics( mpGraphicsProvider->getGraphics() );
+
+            setupGraphicsState( pGraphics, viewState, renderState );
+
+            Gdiplus::Pen aPen(
+                Gdiplus::Color(
+                    tools::sequenceToArgb(renderState.DeviceColor)),
+                Gdiplus::REAL(0.0) );
+
+            // #122683# Switched precedence of pixel offset
+            // mode. Seemingly, polygon stroking needs
+            // PixelOffsetModeNone to achieve visually pleasing
+            // results, whereas all other operations (e.g. polygon
+            // fills, bitmaps) look better with PixelOffsetModeHalf.
+            const Gdiplus::PixelOffsetMode aOldMode(
+                pGraphics->GetPixelOffsetMode() );
+            pGraphics->SetPixelOffsetMode( Gdiplus::PixelOffsetModeNone );
+
+            Gdiplus::Status hr = pGraphics->DrawLine( &aPen,
+                                                      Gdiplus::REAL(aStartPoint.X), // disambiguate call
+                                                      Gdiplus::REAL(aStartPoint.Y),
+                                                      Gdiplus::REAL(aEndPoint.X),
+                                                      Gdiplus::REAL(aEndPoint.Y) );
+            pGraphics->SetPixelOffsetMode( aOldMode );
+
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW(
+                Gdiplus::Ok == hr,
+                "CanvasHelper::drawLine(): GDI+ call failed" );
+        }
+    }
+
+    void CanvasHelper::drawBezier( const rendering::XCanvas*            /*pCanvas*/,
+                                   const geometry::RealBezierSegment2D& aBezierSegment,
+                                   const geometry::RealPoint2D&         aEndPoint,
+                                   const rendering::ViewState&          viewState,
+                                   const rendering::RenderState&        renderState )
+    {
+        if( needOutput() )
+        {
+            GraphicsSharedPtr pGraphics( mpGraphicsProvider->getGraphics() );
+
+            setupGraphicsState( pGraphics, viewState, renderState );
+
+            Gdiplus::Pen aPen(
+                Gdiplus::Color(
+                    tools::sequenceToArgb(renderState.DeviceColor)),
+                Gdiplus::REAL(0.0) );
+
+            // #122683# Switched precedence of pixel offset
+            // mode. Seemingly, polygon stroking needs
+            // PixelOffsetModeNone to achieve visually pleasing
+            // results, whereas all other operations (e.g. polygon
+            // fills, bitmaps) look better with PixelOffsetModeHalf.
+            const Gdiplus::PixelOffsetMode aOldMode(
+                pGraphics->GetPixelOffsetMode() );
+            pGraphics->SetPixelOffsetMode( Gdiplus::PixelOffsetModeNone );
+
+            Gdiplus::Status hr = pGraphics->DrawBezier( &aPen,
+                                                        Gdiplus::REAL(aBezierSegment.Px), // disambiguate call
+                                                        Gdiplus::REAL(aBezierSegment.Py),
+                                                        Gdiplus::REAL(aBezierSegment.C1x),
+                                                        Gdiplus::REAL(aBezierSegment.C1y),
+                                                        Gdiplus::REAL(aEndPoint.X),
+                                                        Gdiplus::REAL(aEndPoint.Y),
+                                                        Gdiplus::REAL(aBezierSegment.C2x),
+                                                        Gdiplus::REAL(aBezierSegment.C2y) );
+
+            pGraphics->SetPixelOffsetMode( aOldMode );
+
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW(
+                Gdiplus::Ok == hr,
+                "CanvasHelper::drawBezier(): GDI+ call failed" );
+        }
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive > CanvasHelper::drawPolyPolygon( const rendering::XCanvas*                          /*pCanvas*/,
+                                                                                 const uno::Reference< rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >& xPolyPolygon,
+                                                                                 const rendering::ViewState&                        viewState,
+                                                                                 const rendering::RenderState&                      renderState )
+    {
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( xPolyPolygon.is(),
+                          "CanvasHelper::drawPolyPolygon: polygon is NULL");
+
+        if( needOutput() )
+        {
+            GraphicsSharedPtr pGraphics( mpGraphicsProvider->getGraphics() );
+
+            setupGraphicsState( pGraphics, viewState, renderState );
+
+            Gdiplus::Pen aPen(
+                Gdiplus::Color(
+                    tools::sequenceToArgb(renderState.DeviceColor)),
+                Gdiplus::REAL(0.0) );
+
+            // #122683# Switched precedence of pixel offset
+            // mode. Seemingly, polygon stroking needs
+            // PixelOffsetModeNone to achieve visually pleasing
+            // results, whereas all other operations (e.g. polygon
+            // fills, bitmaps) look better with PixelOffsetModeHalf.
+            const Gdiplus::PixelOffsetMode aOldMode(
+                pGraphics->GetPixelOffsetMode() );
+            pGraphics->SetPixelOffsetMode( Gdiplus::PixelOffsetModeNone );
+
+            GraphicsPathSharedPtr pPath( tools::graphicsPathFromXPolyPolygon2D( xPolyPolygon ) );
+
+            // TODO(E1): Return value
+            Gdiplus::Status hr = pGraphics->DrawPath( &aPen, pPath.get() );
+
+            pGraphics->SetPixelOffsetMode( aOldMode );
+
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW(
+                Gdiplus::Ok == hr,
+                "CanvasHelper::drawPolyPolygon(): GDI+ call failed" );
+        }
+
+        // TODO(P1): Provide caching here.
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive >(nullptr);
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive > CanvasHelper::strokePolyPolygon( const rendering::XCanvas*                            /*pCanvas*/,
+                                                                                   const uno::Reference< rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >&   xPolyPolygon,
+                                                                                   const rendering::ViewState&                          viewState,
+                                                                                   const rendering::RenderState&                        renderState,
+                                                                                   const rendering::StrokeAttributes&                   strokeAttributes )
+    {
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( xPolyPolygon.is(),
+                          "CanvasHelper::drawPolyPolygon: polygon is NULL");
+
+        if( needOutput() )
+        {
+            GraphicsSharedPtr pGraphics( mpGraphicsProvider->getGraphics() );
+
+            setupGraphicsState( pGraphics, viewState, renderState );
+
+
+            // Setup stroke pen
+
+
+            Gdiplus::Pen aPen(
+                Gdiplus::Color(
+                    tools::sequenceToArgb(renderState.DeviceColor)),
+                static_cast< Gdiplus::REAL >(strokeAttributes.StrokeWidth) );
+
+            // #122683# Switched precedence of pixel offset
+            // mode. Seemingly, polygon stroking needs
+            // PixelOffsetModeNone to achieve visually pleasing
+            // results, whereas all other operations (e.g. polygon
+            // fills, bitmaps) look better with PixelOffsetModeHalf.
+            const Gdiplus::PixelOffsetMode aOldMode(
+                pGraphics->GetPixelOffsetMode() );
+            pGraphics->SetPixelOffsetMode( Gdiplus::PixelOffsetModeNone );
+
+            const bool bIsMiter(rendering::PathJoinType::MITER == strokeAttributes.JoinType);
+            const bool bIsNone(rendering::PathJoinType::NONE == strokeAttributes.JoinType);
+
+            if(bIsMiter)
+                aPen.SetMiterLimit( static_cast< Gdiplus::REAL >(strokeAttributes.MiterLimit) );
+
+            const std::vector< Gdiplus::REAL >& rDashArray(
+                ::comphelper::sequenceToContainer< std::vector< Gdiplus::REAL >, double >(
+                    strokeAttributes.DashArray ) );
+            if( !rDashArray.empty() )
+            {
+                aPen.SetDashPattern( rDashArray.data(),
+                                     rDashArray.size() );
+            }
+            aPen.SetLineCap( gdiLineCapFromCap(strokeAttributes.StartCapType),
+                             gdiLineCapFromCap(strokeAttributes.EndCapType),
+                             gdiDashCapFromCap(strokeAttributes.StartCapType));
+            if(!bIsNone)
+                aPen.SetLineJoin( gdiJoinFromJoin(strokeAttributes.JoinType) );
+
+            GraphicsPathSharedPtr pPath( tools::graphicsPathFromXPolyPolygon2D( xPolyPolygon, bIsNone ) );
+
+            // TODO(E1): Return value
+            Gdiplus::Status hr = pGraphics->DrawPath( &aPen, pPath.get() );
+
+            pGraphics->SetPixelOffsetMode( aOldMode );
+
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW(
+                Gdiplus::Ok == hr,
+                "CanvasHelper::strokePolyPolygon(): GDI+ call failed" );
+        }
+
+        // TODO(P1): Provide caching here.
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive >(nullptr);
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive > CanvasHelper::strokeTexturedPolyPolygon( const rendering::XCanvas*                            /*pCanvas*/,
+                                                                                           const uno::Reference< rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >&   /*xPolyPolygon*/,
+                                                                                           const rendering::ViewState&                          /*viewState*/,
+                                                                                           const rendering::RenderState&                        /*renderState*/,
+                                                                                           const uno::Sequence< rendering::Texture >&           /*textures*/,
+                                                                                           const rendering::StrokeAttributes&                   /*strokeAttributes*/ )
+    {
+        // TODO
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive >(nullptr);
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive > CanvasHelper::strokeTextureMappedPolyPolygon( const rendering::XCanvas*                           /*pCanvas*/,
+                                                                                                const uno::Reference< rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >&  /*xPolyPolygon*/,
+                                                                                                const rendering::ViewState&                         /*viewState*/,
+                                                                                                const rendering::RenderState&                       /*renderState*/,
+                                                                                                const uno::Sequence< rendering::Texture >&          /*textures*/,
+                                                                                                const uno::Reference< geometry::XMapping2D >&       /*xMapping*/,
+                                                                                                const rendering::StrokeAttributes&                  /*strokeAttributes*/ )
+    {
+        // TODO
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive >(nullptr);
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >   CanvasHelper::queryStrokeShapes( const rendering::XCanvas*                            /*pCanvas*/,
+                                                                                   const uno::Reference< rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >&   /*xPolyPolygon*/,
+                                                                                   const rendering::ViewState&                          /*viewState*/,
+                                                                                   const rendering::RenderState&                        /*renderState*/,
+                                                                                   const rendering::StrokeAttributes&                   /*strokeAttributes*/ )
+    {
+        // TODO
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >(nullptr);
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive > CanvasHelper::fillPolyPolygon( const rendering::XCanvas*                          /*pCanvas*/,
+                                                                                 const uno::Reference< rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >& xPolyPolygon,
+                                                                                 const rendering::ViewState&                        viewState,
+                                                                                 const rendering::RenderState&                      renderState )
+    {
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( xPolyPolygon.is(),
+                          "CanvasHelper::fillPolyPolygon: polygon is NULL");
+
+        if( needOutput() )
+        {
+            GraphicsSharedPtr pGraphics( mpGraphicsProvider->getGraphics() );
+
+            setupGraphicsState( pGraphics, viewState, renderState );
+
+            Gdiplus::SolidBrush aBrush(
+                tools::sequenceToArgb(renderState.DeviceColor));
+
+            GraphicsPathSharedPtr pPath( tools::graphicsPathFromXPolyPolygon2D( xPolyPolygon ) );
+
+            // TODO(F1): FillRule
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW( Gdiplus::Ok == pGraphics->FillPath( &aBrush, pPath.get() ),
+                             "CanvasHelper::fillPolyPolygon(): GDI+ call failed  " );
+        }
+
+        // TODO(P1): Provide caching here.
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive >(nullptr);
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive > CanvasHelper::fillTextureMappedPolyPolygon( const rendering::XCanvas*                             /*pCanvas*/,
+                                                                                              const uno::Reference< rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >&    /*xPolyPolygon*/,
+                                                                                              const rendering::ViewState&                           /*viewState*/,
+                                                                                              const rendering::RenderState&                         /*renderState*/,
+                                                                                              const uno::Sequence< rendering::Texture >&            /*textures*/,
+                                                                                              const uno::Reference< geometry::XMapping2D >&         /*xMapping*/ )
+    {
+        // TODO
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive >(nullptr);
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XCanvasFont > CanvasHelper::createFont( const rendering::XCanvas*                    /*pCanvas*/,
+                                                                       const rendering::FontRequest&                fontRequest,
+                                                                       const uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue >& extraFontProperties,
+                                                                       const geometry::Matrix2D&                    fontMatrix )
+    {
+        if( needOutput() )
+        {
+            return uno::Reference< rendering::XCanvasFont >(
+                    new CanvasFont(fontRequest, extraFontProperties, fontMatrix ) );
+        }
+
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XCanvasFont >();
+    }
+
+    uno::Sequence< rendering::FontInfo > CanvasHelper::queryAvailableFonts( const rendering::XCanvas*                       /*pCanvas*/,
+                                                                            const rendering::FontInfo&                      /*aFilter*/,
+                                                                            const uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue >&    /*aFontProperties*/ )
+    {
+        // TODO
+        return uno::Sequence< rendering::FontInfo >();
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive > CanvasHelper::drawText( const rendering::XCanvas*                         /*pCanvas*/,
+                                                                          const rendering::StringContext&                   text,
+                                                                          const uno::Reference< rendering::XCanvasFont >&   xFont,
+                                                                          const rendering::ViewState&                       viewState,
+                                                                          const rendering::RenderState&                     renderState,
+                                                                          sal_Int8                                          /*textDirection*/ )
+    {
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( xFont.is(),
+                          "CanvasHelper::drawText: font is NULL");
+
+        if( needOutput() )
+        {
+            GraphicsSharedPtr pGraphics( mpGraphicsProvider->getGraphics() );
+
+            setupGraphicsState( pGraphics, viewState, renderState );
+
+            Gdiplus::SolidBrush aBrush(
+                Gdiplus::Color(
+                    tools::sequenceToArgb(renderState.DeviceColor)));
+
+            CanvasFont::ImplRef pFont(
+                tools::canvasFontFromXFont(xFont) );
+
+            // Move glyphs up, such that output happens at the font
+            // baseline.
+            Gdiplus::PointF aPoint( 0.0,
+                                    static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(-(pFont->getFont()->GetSize()*
+                                                                 pFont->getCellAscent() /
+                                                                 pFont->getEmHeight())) );
+
+            // TODO(F1): According to
+            // http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q307208,
+            // we might have to revert to GDI and ExTextOut here,
+            // since GDI+ takes the scalability a little bit too
+            // far...
+
+            // TODO(F2): Proper layout (BiDi, CTL)! IMHO must use
+            // DrawDriverString here, and perform layouting myself...
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW(
+                Gdiplus::Ok == pGraphics->DrawString( o3tl::toW(text.Text.copy( text.StartPosition,
+                                                                            text.Length ).getStr()),
+                                                      text.Length,
+                                                      pFont->getFont().get(),
+                                                      aPoint,
+                                                      &aBrush ),
+                "CanvasHelper::drawText(): GDI+ call failed" );
+        }
+
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive >(nullptr);
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive > CanvasHelper::drawTextLayout( const rendering::XCanvas*                       /*pCanvas*/,
+                                                                                const uno::Reference< rendering::XTextLayout >& xLayoutetText,
+                                                                                const rendering::ViewState&                     viewState,
+                                                                                const rendering::RenderState&                   renderState )
+    {
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( xLayoutetText.is(),
+                          "CanvasHelper::drawTextLayout: layout is NULL");
+
+        if( needOutput() )
+        {
+            TextLayout* pTextLayout =
+                dynamic_cast< TextLayout* >( xLayoutetText.get() );
+
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW( pTextLayout,
+                                "CanvasHelper::drawTextLayout(): TextLayout not compatible with this canvas" );
+
+            pTextLayout->draw( mpGraphicsProvider->getGraphics(),
+                               viewState,
+                               renderState,
+                               maOutputOffset,
+                               mpDevice,
+                               false );
+        }
+
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive >(nullptr);
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive > CanvasHelper::drawBitmap( const rendering::XCanvas*                   /*pCanvas*/,
+                                                                            const uno::Reference< rendering::XBitmap >& xBitmap,
+                                                                            const rendering::ViewState&                 viewState,
+                                                                            const rendering::RenderState&               renderState )
+    {
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( xBitmap.is(),
+                          "CanvasHelper::drawBitmap: bitmap is NULL");
+
+        if( needOutput() )
+        {
+            // check whether one of our own objects - need to retrieve
+            // bitmap _before_ calling
+            // GraphicsProvider::getGraphics(), to avoid locking our
+            // own surface.
+            BitmapSharedPtr pGdiBitmap;
+            BitmapProvider* pBitmap = dynamic_cast< BitmapProvider* >(xBitmap.get());
+            if( pBitmap )
+            {
+                IBitmapSharedPtr pDXBitmap( pBitmap->getBitmap() );
+                if( pDXBitmap )
+                    pGdiBitmap = pDXBitmap->getBitmap();
+            }
+
+            GraphicsSharedPtr pGraphics( mpGraphicsProvider->getGraphics() );
+            setupGraphicsState( pGraphics, viewState, renderState );
+
+            if( pGdiBitmap )
+                tools::drawGdiPlusBitmap(pGraphics,pGdiBitmap);
+            else
+                tools::drawVCLBitmapFromXBitmap(pGraphics,
+                                                xBitmap);
+        }
+
+        // TODO(P1): Provide caching here.
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive >(nullptr);
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive > CanvasHelper::drawBitmapModulated( const rendering::XCanvas*                      pCanvas,
+                                                                                     const uno::Reference< rendering::XBitmap >&    xBitmap,
+                                                                                     const rendering::ViewState&                    viewState,
+                                                                                     const rendering::RenderState&                  renderState )
+    {
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( xBitmap.is(),
+                          "CanvasHelper::drawBitmap: bitmap is NULL");
+
+        // no color set -> this is equivalent to a plain drawBitmap(), then
+        if( renderState.DeviceColor.getLength() < 3 )
+            return drawBitmap( pCanvas, xBitmap, viewState, renderState );
+
+        if( needOutput() )
+        {
+            GraphicsSharedPtr pGraphics( mpGraphicsProvider->getGraphics() );
+
+            setupGraphicsState( pGraphics, viewState, renderState );
+
+            BitmapSharedPtr pBitmap( tools::bitmapFromXBitmap( xBitmap ) );
+            Gdiplus::Rect aRect( 0, 0,
+                                 pBitmap->GetWidth(),
+                                 pBitmap->GetHeight() );
+
+            // Setup an ImageAttributes with an alpha-modulating
+            // color matrix.
+            rendering::ARGBColor aARGBColor(
+                mpDevice->getDeviceColorSpace()->convertToARGB(renderState.DeviceColor)[0]);
+
+            Gdiplus::ImageAttributes aImgAttr;
+            tools::setModulateImageAttributes( aImgAttr,
+                                               aARGBColor.Red,
+                                               aARGBColor.Green,
+                                               aARGBColor.Blue,
+                                               aARGBColor.Alpha );
+
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW(
+                Gdiplus::Ok == pGraphics->DrawImage( pBitmap.get(),
+                                                     aRect,
+                                                     0, 0,
+                                                     pBitmap->GetWidth(),
+                                                     pBitmap->GetHeight(),
+                                                     Gdiplus::UnitPixel,
+                                                     &aImgAttr ),
+                "CanvasHelper::drawBitmapModulated(): GDI+ call failed" );
+        }
+
+        // TODO(P1): Provide caching here.
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive >(nullptr);
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XGraphicDevice > CanvasHelper::getDevice()
+    {
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XGraphicDevice >(mpDevice);
+    }
+
+    // private helper
+
+
+    Gdiplus::CompositingMode CanvasHelper::calcCompositingMode( sal_Int8 nMode )
+    {
+        Gdiplus::CompositingMode aRet( Gdiplus::CompositingModeSourceOver );
+
+        switch( nMode )
+        {
+            case rendering::CompositeOperation::OVER:
+            case rendering::CompositeOperation::CLEAR:
+                aRet = Gdiplus::CompositingModeSourceOver;
+                break;
+
+            case rendering::CompositeOperation::SOURCE:
+                aRet = Gdiplus::CompositingModeSourceCopy;
+                break;
+
+            case rendering::CompositeOperation::DESTINATION:
+            case rendering::CompositeOperation::UNDER:
+            case rendering::CompositeOperation::INSIDE:
+            case rendering::CompositeOperation::INSIDE_REVERSE:
+            case rendering::CompositeOperation::OUTSIDE:
+            case rendering::CompositeOperation::OUTSIDE_REVERSE:
+            case rendering::CompositeOperation::ATOP:
+            case rendering::CompositeOperation::ATOP_REVERSE:
+            case rendering::CompositeOperation::XOR:
+            case rendering::CompositeOperation::ADD:
+            case rendering::CompositeOperation::SATURATE:
+                // TODO(F2): Problem, because GDI+ only knows about two compositing modes
+                aRet = Gdiplus::CompositingModeSourceOver;
+                break;
+
+            default:
+                ENSURE_OR_THROW( false, "CanvasHelper::calcCompositingMode: unexpected mode" );
+                break;
+        }
+
+        return aRet;
+    }
+
+    void CanvasHelper::setupGraphicsState( GraphicsSharedPtr const & rGraphics,
+                                           const rendering::ViewState&   viewState,
+                                           const rendering::RenderState& renderState )
+    {
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( needOutput(),
+                          "CanvasHelper::setupGraphicsState: primary graphics invalid" );
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( mpDevice,
+                          "CanvasHelper::setupGraphicsState: reference device invalid" );
+
+        // setup view transform first. Clipping e.g. depends on it
+        ::basegfx::B2DHomMatrix aTransform;
+        ::canvas::tools::getViewStateTransform(aTransform, viewState);
+
+        // add output offset
+        if( !maOutputOffset.equalZero() )
+        {
+            const basegfx::B2DHomMatrix aOutputOffset(basegfx::utils::createTranslateB2DHomMatrix(
+                maOutputOffset.getX(), maOutputOffset.getY()));
+            aTransform = aOutputOffset * aTransform;
+        }
+
+        Gdiplus::Matrix aMatrix;
+        tools::gdiPlusMatrixFromB2DHomMatrix( aMatrix, aTransform );
+
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW(
+            Gdiplus::Ok == rGraphics->SetTransform( &aMatrix ),
+            "CanvasHelper::setupGraphicsState(): Failed to set GDI+ transformation" );
+
+        // setup view and render state clipping
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW(
+            Gdiplus::Ok == rGraphics->ResetClip(),
+            "CanvasHelper::setupGraphicsState(): Failed to reset GDI+ clip" );
+
+        if( viewState.Clip.is() )
+        {
+            GraphicsPathSharedPtr aClipPath( tools::graphicsPathFromXPolyPolygon2D( viewState.Clip ) );
+
+            // TODO(P3): Cache clip. SetClip( GraphicsPath ) performs abyssmally on GDI+.
+            // Try SetClip( Rect ) or similar for simple clip paths (need some support in
+            // LinePolyPolygon, then)
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW(
+                Gdiplus::Ok == rGraphics->SetClip( aClipPath.get(),
+                                                   Gdiplus::CombineModeIntersect ),
+                "CanvasHelper::setupGraphicsState(): Cannot set GDI+ clip" );
+        }
+
+        // setup overall transform only now. View clip above was relative to
+        // view transform
+        ::canvas::tools::mergeViewAndRenderTransform(aTransform,
+                                                     viewState,
+                                                     renderState);
+
+        // add output offset
+        if( !maOutputOffset.equalZero() )
+        {
+            const basegfx::B2DHomMatrix aOutputOffset(basegfx::utils::createTranslateB2DHomMatrix(
+                maOutputOffset.getX(), maOutputOffset.getY()));
+            aTransform = aOutputOffset * aTransform;
+        }
+
+        tools::gdiPlusMatrixFromB2DHomMatrix( aMatrix, aTransform );
+
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW(
+            Gdiplus::Ok == rGraphics->SetTransform( &aMatrix ),
+            "CanvasHelper::setupGraphicsState(): Cannot set GDI+ transformation" );
+
+        if( renderState.Clip.is() )
+        {
+            GraphicsPathSharedPtr aClipPath( tools::graphicsPathFromXPolyPolygon2D( renderState.Clip ) );
+
+            // TODO(P3): Cache clip. SetClip( GraphicsPath ) performs abyssmally on GDI+.
+            // Try SetClip( Rect ) or similar for simple clip paths (need some support in
+            // LinePolyPolygon, then)
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW(
+                Gdiplus::Ok == rGraphics->SetClip( aClipPath.get(),
+                                                   Gdiplus::CombineModeIntersect ),
+                "CanvasHelper::setupGraphicsState(): Cannot set GDI+ clip" );
+        }
+
+        // setup compositing
+        const Gdiplus::CompositingMode eCompositing( calcCompositingMode( renderState.CompositeOperation ) );
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW(
+            Gdiplus::Ok == rGraphics->SetCompositingMode( eCompositing ),
+            "CanvasHelper::setupGraphicsState(): Cannot set GDI* compositing mode)" );
+    }
+
+    void CanvasHelper::flush() const
+    {
+        if( needOutput() )
+            mpGraphicsProvider->getGraphics()->Flush( Gdiplus::FlushIntentionSync );
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvashelper.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvashelper.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54731a08e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvashelper.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XCanvas.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XBitmapCanvas.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XIntegerBitmap.hpp>
+
+#include <basegfx/vector/b2isize.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/vector/b2dsize.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_graphicsprovider.hxx"
+#include "dx_gdiplususer.hxx"
+#include "dx_impltools.hxx"
+
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    /** Helper class for basic canvas functionality. Also offers
+        optional backbuffer painting, when providing it with a second
+        HDC to render into.
+     */
+    class CanvasHelper
+    {
+    public:
+        CanvasHelper();
+
+        /// make noncopyable
+        CanvasHelper(const CanvasHelper&) = delete;
+        const CanvasHelper& operator=(const CanvasHelper&) = delete;
+
+        /// Release all references
+        void disposing();
+
+        /** Initialize canvas helper
+
+            This method late-initializes the canvas helper, providing
+            it with the necessary device and output objects. Note that
+            the CanvasHelper does <em>not</em> take ownership of the
+            passed rDevice reference, nor does it perform any
+            reference counting. Thus, to prevent the reference counted
+            SpriteCanvas object from deletion, the user of this class
+            is responsible for holding ref-counted references itself!
+
+            @param rDevice
+            Reference device this canvas is associated with
+
+         */
+        void setDevice( css::rendering::XGraphicDevice& rDevice );
+
+        /** Set the target for rendering operations
+
+            @param rTarget
+            Render target
+         */
+        void setTarget( const GraphicsProviderSharedPtr& rTarget );
+
+        /** Set the target for rendering operations
+
+            @param rTarget
+            Render target
+
+            @param rOutputOffset
+            Output offset in pixel
+         */
+        void setTarget( const GraphicsProviderSharedPtr& rTarget,
+                        const ::basegfx::B2ISize&        rOutputOffset );
+
+
+        // CanvasHelper functionality
+        // ==========================
+
+        // XCanvas (only providing, not implementing the
+        // interface. Also note subtle method parameter differences)
+        void clear();
+        void drawPoint( const css::rendering::XCanvas*     pCanvas,
+                        const css::geometry::RealPoint2D&  aPoint,
+                        const css::rendering::ViewState&   viewState,
+                        const css::rendering::RenderState& renderState );
+        void drawLine( const css::rendering::XCanvas*      pCanvas,
+                       const css::geometry::RealPoint2D&   aStartPoint,
+                       const css::geometry::RealPoint2D&   aEndPoint,
+                       const css::rendering::ViewState&    viewState,
+                       const css::rendering::RenderState&  renderState );
+        void drawBezier( const css::rendering::XCanvas*            pCanvas,
+                         const css::geometry::RealBezierSegment2D& aBezierSegment,
+                         const css::geometry::RealPoint2D&         aEndPoint,
+                         const css::rendering::ViewState&          viewState,
+                         const css::rendering::RenderState&        renderState );
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XCachedPrimitive >
+            drawPolyPolygon( const css::rendering::XCanvas*            pCanvas,
+                             const css::uno::Reference<
+                                     css::rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >& xPolyPolygon,
+                             const css::rendering::ViewState&          viewState,
+                             const css::rendering::RenderState&        renderState );
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XCachedPrimitive >
+            strokePolyPolygon( const css::rendering::XCanvas*          pCanvas,
+                               const css::uno::Reference<
+                                       css::rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >&   xPolyPolygon,
+                               const css::rendering::ViewState&        viewState,
+                               const css::rendering::RenderState&      renderState,
+                               const css::rendering::StrokeAttributes& strokeAttributes );
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XCachedPrimitive >
+            strokeTexturedPolyPolygon( const css::rendering::XCanvas*          pCanvas,
+                                       const css::uno::Reference<
+                                               css::rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >&   xPolyPolygon,
+                                       const css::rendering::ViewState&        viewState,
+                                       const css::rendering::RenderState&      renderState,
+                                       const css::uno::Sequence<
+                                               css::rendering::Texture >&      textures,
+                                       const css::rendering::StrokeAttributes& strokeAttributes );
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XCachedPrimitive >
+            strokeTextureMappedPolyPolygon( const css::rendering::XCanvas*             pCanvas,
+                                            const css::uno::Reference<
+                                                    css::rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >&  xPolyPolygon,
+                                            const css::rendering::ViewState&           viewState,
+                                            const css::rendering::RenderState&         renderState,
+                                            const css::uno::Sequence<
+                                                    css::rendering::Texture >&         textures,
+                                            const css::uno::Reference<
+                                                    css::geometry::XMapping2D >&       xMapping,
+                                            const css::rendering::StrokeAttributes&    strokeAttributes );
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >
+            queryStrokeShapes( const css::rendering::XCanvas*          pCanvas,
+                               const css::uno::Reference<
+                                       css::rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >&   xPolyPolygon,
+                               const css::rendering::ViewState&        viewState,
+                               const css::rendering::RenderState&      renderState,
+                               const css::rendering::StrokeAttributes& strokeAttributes );
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XCachedPrimitive >
+            fillPolyPolygon( const css::rendering::XCanvas*            pCanvas,
+                             const css::uno::Reference<
+                                     css::rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >&     xPolyPolygon,
+                             const css::rendering::ViewState&          viewState,
+                             const css::rendering::RenderState&        renderState );
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XCachedPrimitive >
+            fillTexturedPolyPolygon( const css::rendering::XCanvas*            pCanvas,
+                                     const css::uno::Reference<
+                                             css::rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >&     xPolyPolygon,
+                                     const css::rendering::ViewState&          viewState,
+                                     const css::rendering::RenderState&        renderState,
+                                     const css::uno::Sequence<
+                                             css::rendering::Texture >&        textures );
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XCachedPrimitive >
+            fillTextureMappedPolyPolygon( const css::rendering::XCanvas*           pCanvas,
+                                          const css::uno::Reference<
+                                                  css::rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >&    xPolyPolygon,
+                                          const css::rendering::ViewState&         viewState,
+                                          const css::rendering::RenderState&       renderState,
+                                          const css::uno::Sequence<
+                                                  css::rendering::Texture >&       textures,
+                                          const css::uno::Reference<
+                                                  css::geometry::XMapping2D >&         xMapping );
+
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XCanvasFont >
+            createFont( const css::rendering::XCanvas*             pCanvas,
+                        const css::rendering::FontRequest&         fontRequest,
+                        const css::uno::Sequence<
+                                css::beans::PropertyValue >&       extraFontProperties,
+                        const css::geometry::Matrix2D&             fontMatrix );
+
+        css::uno::Sequence< css::rendering::FontInfo >
+            queryAvailableFonts( const css::rendering::XCanvas*        pCanvas,
+                                 const css::rendering::FontInfo&       aFilter,
+                                 const css::uno::Sequence<
+                                         css::beans::PropertyValue >&  aFontProperties );
+
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XCachedPrimitive >
+            drawText( const css::rendering::XCanvas*           pCanvas,
+                      const css::rendering::StringContext&     text,
+                      const css::uno::Reference<
+                              css::rendering::XCanvasFont >&   xFont,
+                      const css::rendering::ViewState&         viewState,
+                      const css::rendering::RenderState&       renderState,
+                      sal_Int8                                              textDirection );
+
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XCachedPrimitive >
+            drawTextLayout( const css::rendering::XCanvas*     pCanvas,
+                            const css::uno::Reference<
+                                css::rendering::XTextLayout >& laidOutText,
+                            const css::rendering::ViewState&   viewState,
+                            const css::rendering::RenderState& renderState );
+
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XCachedPrimitive >
+            drawBitmap( const css::rendering::XCanvas*     pCanvas,
+                        const css::uno::Reference<
+                                css::rendering::XBitmap >& xBitmap,
+                        const css::rendering::ViewState&   viewState,
+                        const css::rendering::RenderState& renderState );
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XCachedPrimitive >
+            drawBitmapModulated( const css::rendering::XCanvas*        pCanvas,
+                                 const css::uno::Reference<
+                                         css::rendering::XBitmap >&        xBitmap,
+                                 const css::rendering::ViewState&      viewState,
+                                 const css::rendering::RenderState&    renderState );
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XGraphicDevice >
+            getDevice();
+
+        // Flush drawing queue to screen
+        void                    flush() const;
+
+        /** Called from XCanvas base classes, to notify that content
+            is _about_ to change
+        */
+        void modifying() {}
+
+    protected:
+        /// Refcounted global GDI+ state container
+        GDIPlusUserSharedPtr            mpGdiPlusUser;
+
+        /** Phyical output device
+
+            Deliberately not a refcounted reference, because of
+            potential circular references for spritecanvas.
+         */
+        css::rendering::XGraphicDevice* mpDevice;
+
+        /// Provides the Gdiplus::Graphics to render into
+        GraphicsProviderSharedPtr                  mpGraphicsProvider;
+
+        bool needOutput() const { return bool(mpGraphicsProvider); };
+
+        // returns transparency of color
+        void setupGraphicsState( GraphicsSharedPtr const & rGraphics,
+                                 const css::rendering::ViewState&   viewState,
+                                 const css::rendering::RenderState& renderState );
+
+        Gdiplus::CompositingMode    calcCompositingMode( sal_Int8 nMode );
+
+        /// Current (transformation-independent) output buffer offset
+        ::basegfx::B2ISize              maOutputOffset;
+    };
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvashelper_texturefill.cxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvashelper_texturefill.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0bea70fc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_canvashelper_texturefill.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,608 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <memory>
+#include <tuple>
+
+#include <basegfx/matrix/b2dhommatrix.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/matrix/b2dhommatrixtools.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/numeric/ftools.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/point/b2dpoint.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/polygon/b2dpolygontools.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/range/b2drectangle.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/utils/canvastools.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/utils/keystoplerp.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/utils/lerp.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/utils/tools.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/TexturingMode.hpp>
+#include <rtl/math.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+
+#include <parametricpolypolygon.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_canvashelper.hxx"
+#include "dx_impltools.hxx"
+#include "dx_spritecanvas.hxx"
+
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    namespace
+    {
+        typedef std::shared_ptr< Gdiplus::PathGradientBrush >   PathGradientBrushSharedPtr;
+
+        bool fillLinearGradient( GraphicsSharedPtr const & rGraphics,
+                                 const ::canvas::ParametricPolyPolygon::Values& /*rValues*/,
+                                 const std::vector< Gdiplus::Color >&           rColors,
+                                 const std::vector< Gdiplus::REAL >&            rStops,
+                                 const GraphicsPathSharedPtr&                   rFillPath,
+                                 const rendering::Texture&                      texture )
+        {
+            // setup a linear gradient with given colors
+
+
+            Gdiplus::LinearGradientBrush aBrush(
+                Gdiplus::PointF(0.0f,
+                                0.5f),
+                Gdiplus::PointF(1.0f,
+                                0.5f),
+                rColors[0],
+                rColors[1] );
+
+            aBrush.SetInterpolationColors(rColors.data(),
+                                          rStops.data(),
+                                          rColors.size());
+
+            // render background color, as LinearGradientBrush does not
+            // properly support the WrapModeClamp repeat mode
+            Gdiplus::SolidBrush aBackgroundBrush( rColors[0] );
+            rGraphics->FillPath( &aBackgroundBrush, rFillPath.get() );
+
+            // TODO(F2): This does not yet support other repeat modes
+            // except clamp, and probably also no multi-texturing
+
+            // calculate parallelogram of gradient in object space, extend
+            // top and bottom of it such that they cover the whole fill
+            // path bound area
+            ::basegfx::B2DHomMatrix aTextureTransform;
+            ::basegfx::unotools::homMatrixFromAffineMatrix( aTextureTransform,
+                                                            texture.AffineTransform );
+
+            ::basegfx::B2DPoint aLeftTop( 0.0, 0.0 );
+            ::basegfx::B2DPoint aLeftBottom( 0.0, 1.0 );
+            ::basegfx::B2DPoint aRightTop( 1.0, 0.0 );
+            ::basegfx::B2DPoint aRightBottom( 1.0, 1.0 );
+
+            aLeftTop    *= aTextureTransform;
+            aLeftBottom *= aTextureTransform;
+            aRightTop   *= aTextureTransform;
+            aRightBottom*= aTextureTransform;
+
+            Gdiplus::RectF aBounds;
+            rFillPath->GetBounds( &aBounds );
+
+            // now, we potentially have to enlarge our gradient area
+            // atop and below the transformed [0,1]x[0,1] unit rect,
+            // for the gradient to fill the complete bound rect.
+            ::basegfx::utils::infiniteLineFromParallelogram( aLeftTop,
+                                                             aLeftBottom,
+                                                             aRightTop,
+                                                             aRightBottom,
+                                                             tools::b2dRangeFromGdiPlusRectF( aBounds ) );
+
+            // calc length of bound rect diagonal
+            const double nDiagonalLength(
+                hypot( aBounds.Width,
+                       aBounds.Height ) );
+
+            // generate a path which covers the 'right' side of the
+            // gradient, extending two times the bound rect diagonal to
+            // the right (and thus covering the whole half plane 'right'
+            // of the gradient). Take the middle of the gradient as the
+            // 'left' side of the polygon, to not fall victim to rounding
+            // errors at the edge.
+            ::basegfx::B2DVector aDirection( aLeftTop - aLeftBottom );
+            aDirection = ::basegfx::getNormalizedPerpendicular( aDirection );
+            aDirection *= nDiagonalLength;
+
+            const ::basegfx::B2DPoint aHalfPlaneLeftTop( (aLeftTop + aRightTop) * 0.5 );
+            const ::basegfx::B2DPoint aHalfPlaneLeftBottom( (aLeftBottom + aRightBottom) * 0.5 );
+            const ::basegfx::B2DPoint aHalfPlaneRightTop( aRightTop + aDirection );
+            const ::basegfx::B2DPoint aHalfPlaneRightBottom( aRightBottom + aDirection );
+
+            Gdiplus::GraphicsPath aSolidFillPath;
+            aSolidFillPath.AddLine( static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(aHalfPlaneLeftTop.getX()),
+                                    static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(aHalfPlaneLeftTop.getY()),
+                                    static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(aHalfPlaneRightTop.getX()),
+                                    static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(aHalfPlaneRightTop.getY()) );
+            aSolidFillPath.AddLine( static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(aHalfPlaneRightBottom.getX()),
+                                    static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(aHalfPlaneRightBottom.getY()),
+                                    static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(aHalfPlaneLeftBottom.getX()),
+                                    static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(aHalfPlaneLeftBottom.getY()) );
+            aSolidFillPath.CloseFigure();
+
+            // limit output to fill path, we've just generated a path that
+            // might be substantially larger
+            if( Gdiplus::Ok != rGraphics->SetClip( rFillPath.get(),
+                                                   Gdiplus::CombineModeIntersect ) )
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            Gdiplus::SolidBrush aBackgroundBrush2( rColors.back() );
+            rGraphics->FillPath( &aBackgroundBrush2, &aSolidFillPath );
+
+            // generate clip polygon from the extended parallelogram
+            // (exploit the feature that distinct lines in a figure are
+            // automatically closed by a straight line)
+            Gdiplus::GraphicsPath aClipPath;
+            aClipPath.AddLine( static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(aLeftTop.getX()),
+                               static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(aLeftTop.getY()),
+                               static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(aRightTop.getX()),
+                               static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(aRightTop.getY()) );
+            aClipPath.AddLine( static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(aRightBottom.getX()),
+                               static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(aRightBottom.getY()),
+                               static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(aLeftBottom.getX()),
+                               static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(aLeftBottom.getY()) );
+            aClipPath.CloseFigure();
+
+            // limit output to a _single_ strip of the gradient (have to
+            // clip here, since GDI+ wrapmode clamp does not work here)
+            if( Gdiplus::Ok != rGraphics->SetClip( &aClipPath,
+                                                   Gdiplus::CombineModeIntersect ) )
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // now, finally, output the gradient
+            Gdiplus::Matrix aMatrix;
+            tools::gdiPlusMatrixFromAffineMatrix2D( aMatrix,
+                                                    texture.AffineTransform );
+            aBrush.SetTransform( &aMatrix );
+
+            rGraphics->FillRectangle( &aBrush, aBounds );
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        int numColorSteps( const Gdiplus::Color& rColor1, const Gdiplus::Color& rColor2 )
+        {
+            return std::max(
+                std::abs( rColor1.GetRed() - rColor2.GetRed() ),
+                std::max(
+                    std::abs( rColor1.GetGreen() - rColor2.GetGreen() ),
+                    std::abs( rColor1.GetBlue()  - rColor2.GetBlue() ) ) );
+        }
+
+        bool fillPolygonalGradient( const ::canvas::ParametricPolyPolygon::Values& rValues,
+                                    const std::vector< Gdiplus::Color >&           rColors,
+                                    const std::vector< Gdiplus::REAL >&            rStops,
+                                    GraphicsSharedPtr const & rGraphics,
+                                    const GraphicsPathSharedPtr&                   rPath,
+                                    const rendering::ViewState&                    viewState,
+                                    const rendering::RenderState&                  renderState,
+                                    const rendering::Texture&                      texture )
+        {
+            // copy original fill path object, might have to change it
+            // below
+            GraphicsPathSharedPtr pFillPath( rPath );
+            const ::basegfx::B2DPolygon& rGradientPoly( rValues.maGradientPoly );
+
+            PathGradientBrushSharedPtr pGradientBrush;
+
+            // fill background uniformly with end color
+            Gdiplus::SolidBrush aBackgroundBrush( rColors[0] );
+            rGraphics->FillPath( &aBackgroundBrush, pFillPath.get() );
+
+            Gdiplus::Matrix aMatrix;
+            // scale focus according to aspect ratio: for wider-than-tall
+            // bounds (nAspectRatio > 1.0), the focus must have non-zero
+            // width. Specifically, a bound rect twice as wide as tall has
+            // a focus of half its width.
+            if( !::rtl::math::approxEqual(rValues.mnAspectRatio,
+                                          1.0) )
+            {
+                // KLUDGE 1:
+
+                // And here comes the greatest shortcoming of the GDI+
+                // gradients ever: SetFocusScales completely ignores
+                // transformations, both when set at the PathGradientBrush
+                // and for the world coordinate system. Thus, to correctly
+                // display anisotrophic path gradients, we have to render
+                // them by hand. WTF.
+
+                // TODO(F2): This does not yet support other repeat modes
+                // except clamp, and probably also no multi-texturing
+
+                // limit output to to-be-filled polygon
+                if( Gdiplus::Ok != rGraphics->SetClip( pFillPath.get(),
+                                                       Gdiplus::CombineModeIntersect ) )
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                // disable anti-aliasing, if any
+                const Gdiplus::SmoothingMode eOldAAMode( rGraphics->GetSmoothingMode() );
+                rGraphics->SetSmoothingMode( Gdiplus::SmoothingModeHighSpeed );
+
+
+                // determine number of steps to use
+
+
+                // TODO(Q2): Unify step calculations with VCL canvas
+                int nColorSteps = 0;
+                for( size_t i=0; i<rColors.size()-1; ++i )
+                    nColorSteps += numColorSteps(rColors[i],rColors[i+1]);
+                ::basegfx::B2DHomMatrix aTotalTransform;
+                const int nStepCount=
+                    ::canvas::tools::calcGradientStepCount(aTotalTransform,
+                                                           viewState,
+                                                           renderState,
+                                                           texture,
+                                                           nColorSteps);
+
+                ::basegfx::B2DHomMatrix aTextureTransform;
+                ::basegfx::unotools::homMatrixFromAffineMatrix( aTextureTransform,
+                                                                texture.AffineTransform );
+                // determine overall transformation for inner polygon (might
+                // have to be prefixed by anisotrophic scaling)
+                ::basegfx::B2DHomMatrix aInnerPolygonTransformMatrix;
+
+                // For performance reasons, we create a temporary VCL polygon
+                // here, keep it all the way and only change the vertex values
+                // in the loop below (as ::Polygon is a pimpl class, creating
+                // one every loop turn would really stress the mem allocator)
+                ::basegfx::B2DPolygon   aOuterPoly( rGradientPoly );
+                ::basegfx::B2DPolygon   aInnerPoly;
+
+                // subdivide polygon _before_ rendering, would otherwise have
+                // to be performed on every loop turn.
+                if( aOuterPoly.areControlPointsUsed() )
+                    aOuterPoly = ::basegfx::utils::adaptiveSubdivideByAngle(aOuterPoly);
+
+                aInnerPoly = aOuterPoly;
+                aOuterPoly.transform(aTextureTransform);
+
+
+                // apply scaling (possibly anisotrophic) to inner polygon
+
+
+                // scale inner polygon according to aspect ratio: for
+                // wider-than-tall bounds (nAspectRatio > 1.0), the inner
+                // polygon, representing the gradient focus, must have
+                // non-zero width. Specifically, a bound rect twice as wide as
+                // tall has a focus polygon of half its width.
+                const double nAspectRatio( rValues.mnAspectRatio );
+                if( nAspectRatio > 1.0 )
+                {
+                    // width > height case
+                    aInnerPolygonTransformMatrix.scale( 1.0 - 1.0/nAspectRatio,
+                                                        0.0 );
+                }
+                else if( nAspectRatio < 1.0 )
+                {
+                    // width < height case
+                    aInnerPolygonTransformMatrix.scale( 0.0,
+                                                        1.0 - nAspectRatio );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // isotrophic case
+                    aInnerPolygonTransformMatrix.scale( 0.0, 0.0 );
+                }
+
+                // and finally, add texture transform to it.
+                aInnerPolygonTransformMatrix *= aTextureTransform;
+
+                // apply final matrix to polygon
+                aInnerPoly.transform( aInnerPolygonTransformMatrix );
+
+                Gdiplus::GraphicsPath aCurrPath;
+                Gdiplus::SolidBrush   aFillBrush( rColors[0] );
+                const sal_uInt32      nNumPoints( aOuterPoly.count() );
+                basegfx::utils::KeyStopLerp aLerper(rValues.maStops);
+                for( int i=1; i<nStepCount; ++i )
+                {
+                    std::ptrdiff_t nIndex;
+                    double fAlpha;
+                    const double fT( i/double(nStepCount) );
+                    std::tie(nIndex,fAlpha)=aLerper.lerp(fT);
+
+                    const Gdiplus::Color aFillColor(
+                        static_cast<BYTE>( basegfx::utils::lerp(rColors[nIndex].GetRed(),rColors[nIndex+1].GetRed(),fAlpha) ),
+                        static_cast<BYTE>( basegfx::utils::lerp(rColors[nIndex].GetGreen(),rColors[nIndex+1].GetGreen(),fAlpha) ),
+                        static_cast<BYTE>( basegfx::utils::lerp(rColors[nIndex].GetBlue(),rColors[nIndex+1].GetBlue(),fAlpha) ) );
+
+                    aFillBrush.SetColor( aFillColor );
+                    aCurrPath.Reset(); aCurrPath.StartFigure();
+                    for( unsigned int p=1; p<nNumPoints; ++p )
+                    {
+                        const ::basegfx::B2DPoint& rOuterPoint1( aOuterPoly.getB2DPoint(p-1) );
+                        const ::basegfx::B2DPoint& rInnerPoint1( aInnerPoly.getB2DPoint(p-1) );
+                        const ::basegfx::B2DPoint& rOuterPoint2( aOuterPoly.getB2DPoint(p) );
+                        const ::basegfx::B2DPoint& rInnerPoint2( aInnerPoly.getB2DPoint(p) );
+
+                        aCurrPath.AddLine(
+                            Gdiplus::REAL(fT*rInnerPoint1.getX() + (1-fT)*rOuterPoint1.getX()),
+                            Gdiplus::REAL(fT*rInnerPoint1.getY() + (1-fT)*rOuterPoint1.getY()),
+                            Gdiplus::REAL(fT*rInnerPoint2.getX() + (1-fT)*rOuterPoint2.getX()),
+                            Gdiplus::REAL(fT*rInnerPoint2.getY() + (1-fT)*rOuterPoint2.getY()));
+                    }
+                    aCurrPath.CloseFigure();
+
+                    rGraphics->FillPath( &aFillBrush, &aCurrPath );
+                }
+
+                // reset to old anti-alias mode
+                rGraphics->SetSmoothingMode( eOldAAMode );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // KLUDGE 2:
+
+                // We're generating a PathGradientBrush from scratch here,
+                // and put in a transformed GraphicsPath (transformed with
+                // the texture transform). This is because the
+                // straight-forward approach to store a Brush pointer at
+                // this class and set a texture transform via
+                // PathGradientBrush::SetTransform() is spoiled by MS: it
+                // seems that _either_ the texture transform, _or_ the
+                // transform at the Graphics can be set, but not both. If
+                // one sets both, only the translational components of the
+                // texture is respected.
+
+                tools::gdiPlusMatrixFromAffineMatrix2D( aMatrix,
+                                                        texture.AffineTransform );
+                GraphicsPathSharedPtr pGradientPath(
+                    tools::graphicsPathFromB2DPolygon( rValues.maGradientPoly ));
+                pGradientPath->Transform( &aMatrix );
+
+                pGradientBrush
+                    = std::make_shared<Gdiplus::PathGradientBrush>( pGradientPath.get() );
+                pGradientBrush->SetInterpolationColors( rColors.data(),
+                                                        rStops.data(),
+                                                        rStops.size() );
+
+                // explicitly setup center point. Since the center of GDI+
+                // gradients are by default the _centroid_ of the path
+                // (i.e. the weighted sum of edge points), it will not
+                // necessarily coincide with our notion of center.
+                Gdiplus::PointF aCenterPoint(0, 0);
+                aMatrix.TransformPoints( &aCenterPoint );
+                pGradientBrush->SetCenterPoint( aCenterPoint );
+
+                const bool bTileX( texture.RepeatModeX != rendering::TexturingMode::CLAMP );
+                const bool bTileY( texture.RepeatModeY != rendering::TexturingMode::CLAMP );
+
+                if( bTileX && bTileY )
+                    pGradientBrush->SetWrapMode( Gdiplus::WrapModeTile );
+                else
+                {
+                    OSL_ENSURE( bTileY == bTileX,
+                                "ParametricPolyPolygon::fillPolygonalGradient(): Cannot have repeat x and repeat y differ!" );
+
+                    pGradientBrush->SetWrapMode( Gdiplus::WrapModeClamp );
+                }
+
+                // render actual gradient
+                rGraphics->FillPath( pGradientBrush.get(), pFillPath.get() );
+            }
+
+#if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0
+            Gdiplus::Pen aPen( Gdiplus::Color( 255, 255, 0, 0 ),
+                               0.0001f );
+
+            rGraphics->DrawRectangle( &aPen,
+                                      Gdiplus::RectF( 0.0f, 0.0f,
+                                                      1.0f, 1.0f ) );
+#endif
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        bool fillGradient( const ::canvas::ParametricPolyPolygon::Values& rValues,
+                           const std::vector< Gdiplus::Color >&           rColors,
+                           const std::vector< Gdiplus::REAL >&            rStops,
+                           GraphicsSharedPtr const & rGraphics,
+                           const GraphicsPathSharedPtr&                   rPath,
+                           const rendering::ViewState&                    viewState,
+                           const rendering::RenderState&                  renderState,
+                           const rendering::Texture&                      texture )
+        {
+            switch( rValues.meType )
+            {
+                case ::canvas::ParametricPolyPolygon::GradientType::Linear:
+                    fillLinearGradient( rGraphics,
+                                        rValues,
+                                        rColors,
+                                        rStops,
+                                        rPath,
+                                        texture  );
+                    break;
+
+                case ::canvas::ParametricPolyPolygon::GradientType::Elliptical:
+                case ::canvas::ParametricPolyPolygon::GradientType::Rectangular:
+                    fillPolygonalGradient( rValues,
+                                           rColors,
+                                           rStops,
+                                           rGraphics,
+                                           rPath,
+                                           viewState,
+                                           renderState,
+                                           texture );
+                    break;
+
+                default:
+                    ENSURE_OR_THROW( false,
+                                      "CanvasHelper::fillGradient(): Unexpected case" );
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        void fillBitmap( const uno::Reference< rendering::XBitmap >& xBitmap,
+                         GraphicsSharedPtr const & rGraphics,
+                         const GraphicsPathSharedPtr&                rPath,
+                         const rendering::Texture&                   rTexture )
+        {
+            OSL_ENSURE( rTexture.RepeatModeX ==
+                        rTexture.RepeatModeY,
+                        "CanvasHelper::fillBitmap(): GDI+ cannot handle differing X/Y repeat mode." );
+
+            const bool bClamp( rTexture.RepeatModeX == rendering::TexturingMode::NONE &&
+                               rTexture.RepeatModeY == rendering::TexturingMode::NONE );
+
+            const geometry::IntegerSize2D aBmpSize( xBitmap->getSize() );
+            ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( aBmpSize.Width != 0 &&
+                                 aBmpSize.Height != 0,
+                                 "CanvasHelper::fillBitmap(): zero-sized texture bitmap" );
+
+            // TODO(P3): Detect case that path is rectangle and
+            // bitmap is just scaled into that. Then, we can
+            // render directly, without generating a temporary
+            // GDI+ bitmap (this is significant, because drawing
+            // layer presents background object bitmap in that
+            // way!)
+            BitmapSharedPtr pBitmap(
+                tools::bitmapFromXBitmap( xBitmap ) );
+
+            TextureBrushSharedPtr pBrush;
+            if( ::rtl::math::approxEqual( rTexture.Alpha,
+                                          1.0 ) )
+            {
+                pBrush = std::make_shared<Gdiplus::TextureBrush>(
+                        pBitmap.get(),
+                        bClamp ? Gdiplus::WrapModeClamp : Gdiplus::WrapModeTile );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Gdiplus::ImageAttributes aImgAttr;
+
+                tools::setModulateImageAttributes( aImgAttr,
+                                                   1.0,
+                                                   1.0,
+                                                   1.0,
+                                                   rTexture.Alpha );
+
+                Gdiplus::Rect aRect(0,0,
+                                    aBmpSize.Width,
+                                    aBmpSize.Height);
+                pBrush = std::make_shared<Gdiplus::TextureBrush>(
+                        pBitmap.get(),
+                        aRect,
+                        &aImgAttr );
+
+                pBrush->SetWrapMode(
+                    bClamp ? Gdiplus::WrapModeClamp : Gdiplus::WrapModeTile );
+            }
+
+            Gdiplus::Matrix aTextureTransform;
+            tools::gdiPlusMatrixFromAffineMatrix2D( aTextureTransform,
+                                                    rTexture.AffineTransform );
+
+            // scale down bitmap to [0,1]x[0,1] rect, as required
+            // from the XCanvas interface.
+            pBrush->MultiplyTransform( &aTextureTransform );
+            pBrush->ScaleTransform( static_cast< Gdiplus::REAL >(1.0/aBmpSize.Width),
+                                    static_cast< Gdiplus::REAL >(1.0/aBmpSize.Height) );
+
+            // TODO(F1): FillRule
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW(
+                Gdiplus::Ok == rGraphics->FillPath( pBrush.get(),
+                                                    rPath.get() ),
+                "CanvasHelper::fillTexturedPolyPolygon(): GDI+ call failed" );
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive > CanvasHelper::fillTexturedPolyPolygon( const rendering::XCanvas*                          /*pCanvas*/,
+                                                                                         const uno::Reference< rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >& xPolyPolygon,
+                                                                                         const rendering::ViewState&                        viewState,
+                                                                                         const rendering::RenderState&                      renderState,
+                                                                                         const uno::Sequence< rendering::Texture >&         textures )
+    {
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( xPolyPolygon.is(),
+                          "CanvasHelper::fillTexturedPolyPolygon: polygon is NULL");
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( textures.getLength(),
+                          "CanvasHelper::fillTexturedPolyPolygon: empty texture sequence");
+
+        if( needOutput() )
+        {
+            GraphicsSharedPtr pGraphics( mpGraphicsProvider->getGraphics() );
+
+            setupGraphicsState( pGraphics, viewState, renderState );
+
+            // TODO(F1): Multi-texturing
+            if( textures[0].Gradient.is() )
+            {
+                // try to cast XParametricPolyPolygon2D reference to
+                // our implementation class.
+                ::canvas::ParametricPolyPolygon* pGradient =
+                      dynamic_cast< ::canvas::ParametricPolyPolygon* >( textures[0].Gradient.get() );
+
+                if( pGradient )
+                {
+                    const ::canvas::ParametricPolyPolygon::Values& rValues(
+                        pGradient->getValues() );
+
+                    OSL_ASSERT(rValues.maColors.getLength() == rValues.maStops.getLength()
+                               && rValues.maColors.getLength() > 1);
+
+                    std::vector< Gdiplus::Color > aColors(rValues.maColors.getLength());
+                    std::transform(&rValues.maColors[0],
+                                   &rValues.maColors[0]+rValues.maColors.getLength(),
+                                   aColors.begin(),
+                                   [](const uno::Sequence< double >& aDoubleSequence) { return tools::sequenceToArgb(aDoubleSequence); } );
+                    std::vector< Gdiplus::REAL > aStops;
+                    comphelper::sequenceToContainer(aStops,rValues.maStops);
+
+                    // TODO(E1): Return value
+                    // TODO(F1): FillRule
+                    fillGradient( rValues,
+                                  aColors,
+                                  aStops,
+                                  pGraphics,
+                                  tools::graphicsPathFromXPolyPolygon2D( xPolyPolygon ),
+                                  viewState,
+                                  renderState,
+                                  textures[0] );
+                }
+            }
+            else if( textures[0].Bitmap.is() )
+            {
+                // TODO(E1): Return value
+                // TODO(F1): FillRule
+                fillBitmap( textures[0].Bitmap,
+                            pGraphics,
+                            tools::graphicsPathFromXPolyPolygon2D( xPolyPolygon ),
+                            textures[0] );
+            }
+        }
+
+        // TODO(P1): Provide caching here.
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XCachedPrimitive >(nullptr);
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_config.cxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_config.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..afb52de30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_config.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+
+#include <basegfx/vector/b2ivector.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/anytostring.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/exc_hlp.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+
+#include "dx_config.hxx"
+
+using namespace com::sun::star;
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    DXCanvasItem::DXCanvasItem() :
+        ConfigItem(
+            "Office.Canvas/DXCanvas",
+            ConfigItemMode::NONE ),
+        maValues(),
+        maMaxTextureSize(),
+        mbDenylistCurrentDevice(false),
+        mbValuesDirty(false)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aProps( GetProperties( { "DeviceDenylist" } ));
+            uno::Sequence< sal_Int32 > aValues;
+
+            if( aProps.getLength() > 0 &&
+                (aProps[0] >>= aValues) )
+            {
+                const sal_Int32* pValues = aValues.getConstArray();
+                const sal_Int32 nNumEntries( aValues.getLength()*sizeof(sal_Int32)/sizeof(DeviceInfo) );
+                for( sal_Int32 i=0; i<nNumEntries; ++i )
+                {
+                    DeviceInfo aInfo;
+                    aInfo.nVendorId         = *pValues++;
+                    aInfo.nDeviceId         = *pValues++;
+                    aInfo.nDeviceSubSysId   = *pValues++;
+                    aInfo.nDeviceRevision   = *pValues++;
+                    aInfo.nDriverId         = *pValues++;
+                    aInfo.nDriverVersion    = *pValues++;
+                    aInfo.nDriverSubVersion = *pValues++;
+                    aInfo.nDriverBuildId    = *pValues++;
+                    maValues.insert(aInfo);
+                }
+            }
+
+            aProps = GetProperties( { "DenylistCurrentDevice" } );
+            if( aProps.getLength() > 0 )
+                aProps[0] >>= mbDenylistCurrentDevice;
+
+            aProps = GetProperties( { "MaxTextureSize" } );
+            if( aProps.getLength() > 0 )
+                maMaxTextureSize = aProps[0].get<sal_Int32>();
+            else
+                maMaxTextureSize.reset();
+        }
+        catch( const uno::Exception& )
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "canvas", "" );
+        }
+    }
+
+    DXCanvasItem::~DXCanvasItem()
+    {
+        if( !mbValuesDirty )
+            return;
+
+        try
+        {
+            uno::Sequence< sal_Int32 > aValues( sizeof(DeviceInfo)/sizeof(sal_Int32)*maValues.size() );
+
+            sal_Int32* pValues = aValues.getArray();
+            for( const auto& rValueSet : maValues )
+            {
+                const DeviceInfo& rInfo( rValueSet );
+                *pValues++ = rInfo.nVendorId;
+                *pValues++ = rInfo.nDeviceId;
+                *pValues++ = rInfo.nDeviceSubSysId;
+                *pValues++ = rInfo.nDeviceRevision;
+                *pValues++ = rInfo.nDriverId;
+                *pValues++ = rInfo.nDriverVersion;
+                *pValues++ = rInfo.nDriverSubVersion;
+                *pValues++ = rInfo.nDriverBuildId;
+            }
+
+            PutProperties({"DeviceDenylist"}, {css::uno::Any(aValues)});
+        }
+        catch( const uno::Exception& )
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "canvas", "" );
+        }
+    }
+
+    void DXCanvasItem::Notify( const css::uno::Sequence<OUString>& ) {}
+    void DXCanvasItem::ImplCommit() {}
+
+    bool DXCanvasItem::isDeviceUsable( const DeviceInfo& rDeviceInfo ) const
+    {
+        return maValues.find(rDeviceInfo) == maValues.end();
+    }
+
+    bool DXCanvasItem::isDenylistCurrentDevice() const
+    {
+        return mbDenylistCurrentDevice;
+    }
+
+    void DXCanvasItem::denylistDevice( const DeviceInfo& rDeviceInfo )
+    {
+        mbValuesDirty = true;
+        maValues.insert(rDeviceInfo);
+    }
+
+    void DXCanvasItem::adaptMaxTextureSize( basegfx::B2IVector& io_maxTextureSize ) const
+    {
+        if( maMaxTextureSize )
+        {
+            io_maxTextureSize.setX(
+                std::min( *maMaxTextureSize,
+                          io_maxTextureSize.getX() ));
+            io_maxTextureSize.setY(
+                std::min( *maMaxTextureSize,
+                          io_maxTextureSize.getY() ));
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_config.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_config.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14a77d19d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_config.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <unotools/configitem.hxx>
+#include <optional>
+#include <set>
+
+namespace basegfx { class B2IVector; }
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    /** Provide DX canvas config data
+     */
+    class DXCanvasItem : public ::utl::ConfigItem
+    {
+    public:
+        DXCanvasItem();
+
+        struct DeviceInfo
+        {
+            sal_Int32 nVendorId;
+            sal_Int32 nDeviceId;
+            sal_Int32 nDeviceSubSysId;
+            sal_Int32 nDeviceRevision;
+
+            sal_Int32 nDriverId;
+            sal_Int32 nDriverVersion;
+            sal_Int32 nDriverSubVersion;
+            sal_Int32 nDriverBuildId;
+
+            bool operator<( const DeviceInfo& rRHS ) const
+            {
+                return nVendorId != rRHS.nVendorId ? nVendorId < rRHS.nVendorId :
+                    (nDeviceId != rRHS.nDeviceId ? nDeviceId < rRHS.nDeviceId :
+                     (nDeviceSubSysId != rRHS.nDeviceSubSysId ? nDeviceSubSysId < rRHS.nDeviceSubSysId :
+                      (nDeviceRevision != rRHS.nDeviceRevision ? nDeviceRevision < rRHS.nDeviceRevision :
+                       (nDriverId != rRHS.nDriverId ? nDriverId < rRHS.nDriverId :
+                        (nDriverVersion != rRHS.nDriverVersion ? nDriverVersion < rRHS.nDriverVersion :
+                         (nDriverSubVersion != rRHS.nDriverSubVersion ? nDriverSubVersion < rRHS.nDriverSubVersion :
+                          (nDriverBuildId != rRHS.nDriverBuildId && nDriverBuildId < rRHS.nDriverBuildId)))))));
+            }
+        };
+
+        ~DXCanvasItem() override;
+
+        bool isDeviceUsable( const DeviceInfo& rDeviceInfo ) const;
+        bool isDenylistCurrentDevice() const;
+        void denylistDevice( const DeviceInfo& rDeviceInfo );
+        void adaptMaxTextureSize( basegfx::B2IVector& io_maxTextureSize ) const;
+        virtual void               Notify( const css::uno::Sequence<OUString>& aPropertyNames) override;
+
+    private:
+        virtual void               ImplCommit() override;
+        typedef std::set< DeviceInfo > ValueSet;
+        ValueSet                   maValues;
+        std::optional<sal_Int32> maMaxTextureSize;
+        bool                       mbDenylistCurrentDevice;
+        bool                       mbValuesDirty;
+    };
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_devicehelper.cxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_devicehelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1b116f99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_devicehelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <basegfx/utils/canvastools.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/NoSupportException.hpp>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+#include <vcl/canvastools.hxx>
+#include <vcl/outdev.hxx>
+#include <vcl/sysdata.hxx>
+
+#include <canvas/canvastools.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_canvasbitmap.hxx"
+#include "dx_devicehelper.hxx"
+#include "dx_linepolypolygon.hxx"
+#include "dx_spritecanvas.hxx"
+#include "dx_winstuff.hxx"
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    DeviceHelper::DeviceHelper() :
+        mpDevice( nullptr ),
+        mnHDC(nullptr),
+        mpOutDev(nullptr)
+    {
+    }
+
+    DeviceHelper::~DeviceHelper()
+    {
+    }
+
+    void DeviceHelper::init( HDC hdc, OutputDevice* pOutDev,
+                             rendering::XGraphicDevice& rDevice )
+    {
+        mnHDC    = hdc;
+        mpDevice = &rDevice;
+        mpOutDev = pOutDev;
+    }
+
+    void DeviceHelper::disposing()
+    {
+        // release all references
+        mnHDC = nullptr;
+        mpDevice = nullptr;
+        mpOutDev = nullptr;
+    }
+
+    geometry::RealSize2D DeviceHelper::getPhysicalResolution()
+    {
+        if( !mpDevice )
+            return ::canvas::tools::createInfiniteSize2D(); // we're disposed
+
+        HDC hDC = getHDC();
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( hDC,
+                          "DeviceHelper::getPhysicalResolution(): cannot retrieve HDC from window" );
+
+        const int nHorzRes( GetDeviceCaps( hDC,
+                                           LOGPIXELSX ) );
+        const int nVertRes( GetDeviceCaps( hDC,
+                                           LOGPIXELSY ) );
+
+        return geometry::RealSize2D( nHorzRes*25.4,
+                                     nVertRes*25.4 );
+    }
+
+    geometry::RealSize2D DeviceHelper::getPhysicalSize()
+    {
+        if( !mpDevice )
+            return ::canvas::tools::createInfiniteSize2D(); // we're disposed
+
+        HDC hDC=getHDC();
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( hDC,
+                          "DeviceHelper::getPhysicalSize(): cannot retrieve HDC from window" );
+
+        const int nHorzSize( GetDeviceCaps( hDC,
+                                            HORZSIZE ) );
+        const int nVertSize( GetDeviceCaps( hDC,
+                                            VERTSIZE ) );
+
+        return geometry::RealSize2D( nHorzSize,
+                                     nVertSize );
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XLinePolyPolygon2D > DeviceHelper::createCompatibleLinePolyPolygon(
+        const uno::Reference< rendering::XGraphicDevice >&              /*rDevice*/,
+        const uno::Sequence< uno::Sequence< geometry::RealPoint2D > >&  points )
+    {
+        if( !mpDevice )
+            return uno::Reference< rendering::XLinePolyPolygon2D >(); // we're disposed
+
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XLinePolyPolygon2D >(
+            new LinePolyPolygon(
+                ::basegfx::unotools::polyPolygonFromPoint2DSequenceSequence( points ) ) );
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XBezierPolyPolygon2D > DeviceHelper::createCompatibleBezierPolyPolygon(
+        const uno::Reference< rendering::XGraphicDevice >&                      /*rDevice*/,
+        const uno::Sequence< uno::Sequence< geometry::RealBezierSegment2D > >&  points )
+    {
+        if( !mpDevice )
+            return uno::Reference< rendering::XBezierPolyPolygon2D >(); // we're disposed
+
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XBezierPolyPolygon2D >(
+            new LinePolyPolygon(
+                ::basegfx::unotools::polyPolygonFromBezier2DSequenceSequence( points ) ) );
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XBitmap > DeviceHelper::createCompatibleBitmap(
+        const uno::Reference< rendering::XGraphicDevice >&  /*rDevice*/,
+        const geometry::IntegerSize2D&                      size )
+    {
+        if( !mpDevice )
+            return uno::Reference< rendering::XBitmap >(); // we're disposed
+
+        DXBitmapSharedPtr pBitmap = std::make_shared<DXBitmap>(
+                ::basegfx::unotools::b2ISizeFromIntegerSize2D(size),
+                false);
+
+        // create a 24bit RGB system memory surface
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XBitmap >(new CanvasBitmap(pBitmap,mpDevice));
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XVolatileBitmap > DeviceHelper::createVolatileBitmap(
+        const uno::Reference< rendering::XGraphicDevice >&  /*rDevice*/,
+        const geometry::IntegerSize2D&                      /*size*/ )
+    {
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XVolatileBitmap >();
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XBitmap > DeviceHelper::createCompatibleAlphaBitmap(
+        const uno::Reference< rendering::XGraphicDevice >&  /*rDevice*/,
+        const geometry::IntegerSize2D&                      size )
+    {
+        if( !mpDevice )
+            return uno::Reference< rendering::XBitmap >(); // we're disposed
+
+        DXBitmapSharedPtr pBitmap = std::make_shared<DXBitmap>(
+                ::basegfx::unotools::b2ISizeFromIntegerSize2D(size),
+                true);
+
+        // create a 32bit ARGB system memory surface
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XBitmap >(new CanvasBitmap(pBitmap,mpDevice));
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XVolatileBitmap > DeviceHelper::createVolatileAlphaBitmap(
+        const uno::Reference< rendering::XGraphicDevice >&  /*rDevice*/,
+        const geometry::IntegerSize2D&                      /*size*/ )
+    {
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XVolatileBitmap >();
+    }
+
+    uno::Any DeviceHelper::isAccelerated() const
+    {
+        return css::uno::Any(false);
+    }
+
+    uno::Any DeviceHelper::getDeviceHandle() const
+    {
+        return uno::Any( reinterpret_cast< sal_Int64 >(mpOutDev.get()) );
+    }
+
+    uno::Any DeviceHelper::getSurfaceHandle() const
+    {
+        // TODO(F1): expose DirectDraw object
+        //return mpBackBuffer->getBitmap().get();
+        return uno::Any();
+    }
+
+    namespace
+    {
+        struct DeviceColorSpace: public rtl::StaticWithInit<uno::Reference<rendering::XColorSpace>,
+                                                            DeviceColorSpace>
+        {
+            uno::Reference<rendering::XColorSpace> operator()()
+            {
+                return vcl::unotools::createStandardColorSpace();
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference<rendering::XColorSpace> DeviceHelper::getColorSpace() const
+    {
+        // always the same
+        return DeviceColorSpace::get();
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_devicehelper.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_devicehelper.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5fa62b07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_devicehelper.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <com/sun/star/awt/Rectangle.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XGraphicDevice.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XBufferController.hpp>
+
+#include "dx_rendermodule.hxx"
+#include "dx_bitmap.hxx"
+
+#include <rendering/isurfaceproxymanager.hxx>
+#include <vcl/vclptr.hxx>
+
+class OutputDevice;
+/* Definition of DeviceHelper class */
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    class DeviceHelper
+    {
+    public:
+        DeviceHelper();
+        ~DeviceHelper();
+
+        /// make noncopyable
+        DeviceHelper(const DeviceHelper&) = delete;
+        const DeviceHelper& operator=(const DeviceHelper&) = delete;
+
+        /** Init the device helper
+
+            @param hdc
+            private or class dc of the output device. is only stored,
+            not release
+
+            @param rDevice
+            Ref back to owning UNO device
+         */
+        void init( HDC hdc, OutputDevice* pOutputDev,
+                   css::rendering::XGraphicDevice& rDevice );
+
+        /// Dispose all internal references
+        void disposing();
+
+        // XWindowGraphicDevice
+        css::geometry::RealSize2D getPhysicalResolution();
+        css::geometry::RealSize2D getPhysicalSize();
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XLinePolyPolygon2D > createCompatibleLinePolyPolygon(
+            const css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XGraphicDevice >&                               rDevice,
+            const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Sequence< css::geometry::RealPoint2D > >& points );
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XBezierPolyPolygon2D > createCompatibleBezierPolyPolygon(
+            const css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XGraphicDevice >&                                       rDevice,
+            const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Sequence< css::geometry::RealBezierSegment2D > >& points );
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XBitmap > createCompatibleBitmap(
+            const css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XGraphicDevice >&  rDevice,
+            const css::geometry::IntegerSize2D&                                        size );
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XVolatileBitmap > createVolatileBitmap(
+            const css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XGraphicDevice >&  rDevice,
+            const css::geometry::IntegerSize2D&                                        size );
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XBitmap > createCompatibleAlphaBitmap(
+            const css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XGraphicDevice >&  rDevice,
+            const css::geometry::IntegerSize2D&                                        size );
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XVolatileBitmap > createVolatileAlphaBitmap(
+            const css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XGraphicDevice >&  rDevice,
+            const css::geometry::IntegerSize2D&                                        size );
+
+        css::uno::Any isAccelerated() const;
+        css::uno::Any getDeviceHandle() const;
+        css::uno::Any getSurfaceHandle() const;
+        css::uno::Reference<
+            css::rendering::XColorSpace > getColorSpace() const;
+
+        /** called when DumpScreenContent property is enabled on
+            XGraphicDevice, and writes out bitmaps of current screen.
+         */
+        void dumpScreenContent() const {}
+
+    protected:
+        HDC getHDC() const { return mnHDC; }
+        css::rendering::XGraphicDevice* getDevice() const { return mpDevice; }
+
+    private:
+        /** Phyical output device
+
+            Deliberately not a refcounted reference, because of
+            potential circular references for canvas. Needed to
+            create bitmaps
+         */
+        css::rendering::XGraphicDevice*            mpDevice;
+        HDC                                        mnHDC;
+        VclPtr<OutputDevice>                       mpOutDev;
+    };
+
+    typedef ::rtl::Reference< css::rendering::XGraphicDevice > DeviceRef;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_gdiplususer.cxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_gdiplususer.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85c143cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_gdiplususer.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <osl/mutex.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_gdiplususer.hxx"
+#include "dx_winstuff.hxx"
+
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    namespace
+    {
+        ::osl::Mutex*   p_gdiPlusUsageCountMutex( osl::Mutex::getGlobalMutex() );
+        int             n_gdiPlusUsageCount( 0 );
+
+        ULONG_PTR       a_GdiPlusToken;     // GDI+ handle. Owned by this object
+    }
+
+    GDIPlusUser::GDIPlusUserSharedPtr GDIPlusUser::createInstance()
+    {
+        return GDIPlusUserSharedPtr( new GDIPlusUser() );
+    }
+
+    GDIPlusUser::~GDIPlusUser()
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( *p_gdiPlusUsageCountMutex );
+
+        --n_gdiPlusUsageCount;
+
+        if( n_gdiPlusUsageCount == 0 )
+            Gdiplus::GdiplusShutdown( a_GdiPlusToken );
+    }
+
+    GDIPlusUser::GDIPlusUser()
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( *p_gdiPlusUsageCountMutex );
+
+        if( n_gdiPlusUsageCount == 0 )
+        {
+            // Setup GDI+
+
+            // No extras here, simply taking GdiplusStartupInput's
+            // default constructor
+            Gdiplus::GdiplusStartupInput gdiPlusStartupInput;
+
+            Gdiplus::GdiplusStartup( &a_GdiPlusToken,
+                                     &gdiPlusStartupInput,
+                                     nullptr );
+        }
+
+        ++n_gdiPlusUsageCount;
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_gdiplususer.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_gdiplususer.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b0a0f52a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_gdiplususer.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+#include <memory>
+
+/* Definition of GDIPlusUser class */
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    class GDIPlusUser
+    {
+    public:
+        typedef std::shared_ptr< GDIPlusUser > GDIPlusUserSharedPtr;
+
+        static GDIPlusUserSharedPtr createInstance();
+        ~GDIPlusUser();
+
+    private:
+        GDIPlusUser(); // create us via factory method
+    };
+
+    typedef GDIPlusUser::GDIPlusUserSharedPtr GDIPlusUserSharedPtr;
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_graphicsprovider.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_graphicsprovider.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d6d61884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_graphicsprovider.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "dx_winstuff.hxx"
+#include <memory>
+
+namespace Gdiplus{ class Graphics; }
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    /** Provider of a Gdiplus::Graphics. Interface
+     */
+    class GraphicsProvider
+    {
+    public:
+        GraphicsProvider() = default;
+        virtual ~GraphicsProvider() {}
+        /// make noncopyable
+        GraphicsProvider(const GraphicsProvider&) = delete;
+        GraphicsProvider& operator=(const GraphicsProvider&) = delete;
+
+        virtual GraphicsSharedPtr getGraphics() = 0;
+    };
+
+    typedef std::shared_ptr< GraphicsProvider > GraphicsProviderSharedPtr;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_ibitmap.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_ibitmap.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d3f4d6f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_ibitmap.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XCanvas.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XIntegerBitmap.hpp>
+#include <basegfx/vector/b2ivector.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/point/b2dpoint.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/range/b2drange.hxx>
+#include <memory>
+#include "dx_graphicsprovider.hxx"
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    /// Interface for internal canvas bitmap objects
+    struct IBitmap : public GraphicsProvider
+    {
+        virtual BitmapSharedPtr           getBitmap() const = 0;
+        virtual ::basegfx::B2IVector      getSize() const = 0;
+        virtual bool                      hasAlpha() const = 0;
+
+        virtual css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > getData(
+            css::rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout&       bitmapLayout,
+            const css::geometry::IntegerRectangle2D&   rect ) = 0;
+
+        virtual void setData(
+            const css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >&      data,
+            const css::rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout& bitmapLayout,
+            const css::geometry::IntegerRectangle2D&   rect ) = 0;
+
+        virtual void setPixel(
+            const css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >&      color,
+            const css::rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout& bitmapLayout,
+            const css::geometry::IntegerPoint2D&       pos ) = 0;
+
+        virtual css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > getPixel(
+            css::rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout&       bitmapLayout,
+            const css::geometry::IntegerPoint2D&       pos ) = 0;
+    };
+
+    typedef std::shared_ptr<IBitmap> IBitmapSharedPtr;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_impltools.cxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_impltools.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f464a851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_impltools.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,629 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <memory>
+#include <vector>
+
+
+#include <basegfx/matrix/b2dhommatrix.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/numeric/ftools.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/polygon/b2dpolygon.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/polygon/b2dpolypolygon.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/range/b2drectangle.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/range/b2irectangle.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/utils/canvastools.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/geometry/IntegerRectangle2D.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/geometry/RealPoint2D.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XUnoTunnel.hpp>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+
+#include <canvas/canvastools.hxx>
+#include <verifyinput.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_canvas.hxx"
+#include "dx_canvasbitmap.hxx"
+#include "dx_canvasfont.hxx"
+#include "dx_impltools.hxx"
+#include "dx_linepolypolygon.hxx"
+#include "dx_spritecanvas.hxx"
+#include "dx_vcltools.hxx"
+
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+
+namespace dxcanvas::tools
+{
+        ::basegfx::B2DPolyPolygon polyPolygonFromXPolyPolygon2D( const uno::Reference< rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >& xPoly )
+        {
+            LinePolyPolygon* pPolyImpl = dynamic_cast< LinePolyPolygon* >( xPoly.get() );
+
+            if( pPolyImpl )
+            {
+                return pPolyImpl->getPolyPolygon();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                const sal_Int32 nPolys( xPoly->getNumberOfPolygons() );
+
+                // not a known implementation object - try data source
+                // interfaces
+                uno::Reference< rendering::XBezierPolyPolygon2D > xBezierPoly(
+                    xPoly,
+                    uno::UNO_QUERY );
+
+                if( xBezierPoly.is() )
+                {
+                    return ::basegfx::unotools::polyPolygonFromBezier2DSequenceSequence(
+                        xBezierPoly->getBezierSegments( 0,
+                                                        nPolys,
+                                                        0,
+                                                        -1 ) );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    uno::Reference< rendering::XLinePolyPolygon2D > xLinePoly(
+                        xPoly,
+                        uno::UNO_QUERY );
+
+                    // no implementation class and no data provider
+                    // found - contract violation.
+                    ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( xLinePoly.is(),
+                                     "VCLCanvas::polyPolygonFromXPolyPolygon2D(): Invalid input "
+                                     "poly-polygon, cannot retrieve vertex data" );
+
+                    return ::basegfx::unotools::polyPolygonFromPoint2DSequenceSequence(
+                        xLinePoly->getPoints( 0,
+                                              nPolys,
+                                              0,
+                                              -1 ) );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        void setupGraphics( Gdiplus::Graphics& rGraphics )
+        {
+            // setup graphics with (somewhat arbitrary) defaults
+            //rGraphics.SetCompositingQuality( Gdiplus::CompositingQualityHighQuality );
+            rGraphics.SetCompositingQuality( Gdiplus::CompositingQualityHighSpeed );
+            //rGraphics.SetInterpolationMode( Gdiplus::InterpolationModeHighQualityBilinear ); // with prefiltering for shrinks
+            rGraphics.SetInterpolationMode( Gdiplus::InterpolationModeBilinear );
+
+            // #122683# Switched precedence of pixel offset
+            // mode. Seemingly, polygon stroking needs
+            // PixelOffsetModeNone to achieve visually pleasing
+            // results, whereas all other operations (e.g. polygon
+            // fills, bitmaps) look better with PixelOffsetModeHalf.
+            rGraphics.SetPixelOffsetMode( Gdiplus::PixelOffsetModeHalf ); // Pixel center at (0.5, 0.5) etc.
+            //rGraphics.SetPixelOffsetMode( Gdiplus::PixelOffsetModeNone );
+
+            //rGraphics.SetSmoothingMode( Gdiplus::SmoothingModeHighSpeed ); // no line/curve antialiasing
+            //rGraphics.SetSmoothingMode( Gdiplus::SmoothingModeHighQuality );
+            rGraphics.SetSmoothingMode( Gdiplus::SmoothingModeAntiAlias );
+            //rGraphics.SetTextRenderingHint( Gdiplus::TextRenderingHintAntiAlias );
+            rGraphics.SetTextRenderingHint( Gdiplus::TextRenderingHintSystemDefault );
+            rGraphics.SetPageUnit(Gdiplus::UnitPixel);
+        }
+
+        Gdiplus::Graphics* createGraphicsFromHDC(HDC aHDC)
+        {
+            Gdiplus::Graphics* pRet = new Gdiplus::Graphics(aHDC);
+            setupGraphics( *pRet );
+            return pRet;
+        }
+
+        GraphicsSharedPtr createGraphicsFromBitmap(const BitmapSharedPtr& rBitmap)
+        {
+            GraphicsSharedPtr pRet(Gdiplus::Graphics::FromImage(rBitmap.get()));
+            if( pRet )
+                setupGraphics( *pRet );
+            return pRet;
+        }
+
+        void gdiPlusMatrixFromB2DHomMatrix( Gdiplus::Matrix& rGdiplusMatrix, const ::basegfx::B2DHomMatrix& rMatrix )
+        {
+            rGdiplusMatrix.SetElements( static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rMatrix.get(0,0)),
+                                        static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rMatrix.get(1,0)),
+                                        static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rMatrix.get(0,1)),
+                                        static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rMatrix.get(1,1)),
+                                        static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rMatrix.get(0,2)),
+                                        static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rMatrix.get(1,2)) );
+        }
+
+        void gdiPlusMatrixFromAffineMatrix2D( Gdiplus::Matrix&                  rGdiplusMatrix,
+                                              const geometry::AffineMatrix2D&   rMatrix )
+        {
+            rGdiplusMatrix.SetElements( static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rMatrix.m00),
+                                        static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rMatrix.m10),
+                                        static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rMatrix.m01),
+                                        static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rMatrix.m11),
+                                        static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rMatrix.m02),
+                                        static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rMatrix.m12) );
+        }
+
+        namespace
+        {
+            // TODO(P2): Check whether this gets inlined. If not, make functor
+            // out of it
+            Gdiplus::PointF implGdiPlusPointFromRealPoint2D( const css::geometry::RealPoint2D& rPoint )
+            {
+                return Gdiplus::PointF( static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rPoint.X),
+                                        static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rPoint.Y) );
+            }
+
+            void graphicsPathFromB2DPolygon( GraphicsPathSharedPtr const & rOutput,
+                                             std::vector< Gdiplus::PointF >&  rPoints,
+                                             const ::basegfx::B2DPolygon&       rPoly,
+                                             bool bNoLineJoin)
+            {
+                const sal_uInt32 nPoints( rPoly.count() );
+
+                if( nPoints < 2 )
+                    return;
+
+                rOutput->StartFigure();
+
+                const bool bClosedPolygon( rPoly.isClosed() );
+
+                if( rPoly.areControlPointsUsed() )
+                {
+                    // control points used -> for now, add all
+                    // segments as curves to GraphicsPath
+
+                    // If the polygon is closed, we need to add the
+                    // first point, thus, one more (can't simply
+                    // GraphicsPath::CloseFigure() it, since the last
+                    // point cannot have any control points for GDI+)
+                    rPoints.resize( 3*nPoints + (bClosedPolygon ? 1 : 0) );
+
+                    sal_uInt32 nCurrOutput=0;
+                    for( sal_uInt32 nCurrPoint=0; nCurrPoint<nPoints; ++nCurrPoint )
+                    {
+                        const ::basegfx::B2DPoint& rPoint( rPoly.getB2DPoint( nCurrPoint ) );
+                        rPoints[nCurrOutput++] = Gdiplus::PointF( static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rPoint.getX()),
+                                                                  static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rPoint.getY()) );
+
+                        const ::basegfx::B2DPoint& rControlPointA( rPoly.getNextControlPoint( nCurrPoint ) );
+                        rPoints[nCurrOutput++] = Gdiplus::PointF( static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rControlPointA.getX()),
+                                                                  static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rControlPointA.getY()) );
+
+                        const ::basegfx::B2DPoint& rControlPointB( rPoly.getPrevControlPoint( (nCurrPoint + 1) % nPoints) );
+                        rPoints[nCurrOutput++] = Gdiplus::PointF( static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rControlPointB.getX()),
+                                                                  static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rControlPointB.getY()) );
+                    }
+
+                    if( bClosedPolygon )
+                    {
+                        // add first point again (to be able to pass
+                        // control points for the last point, see
+                        // above)
+                        const ::basegfx::B2DPoint& rPoint( rPoly.getB2DPoint(0) );
+                        rPoints[nCurrOutput++] = Gdiplus::PointF( static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rPoint.getX()),
+                                                                  static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rPoint.getY()) );
+
+                        if(bNoLineJoin && nCurrOutput > 7)
+                        {
+                            for(sal_uInt32 a(3); a < nCurrOutput; a+=3)
+                            {
+                                rOutput->StartFigure();
+                                rOutput->AddBezier(rPoints[a - 3], rPoints[a - 2], rPoints[a - 1], rPoints[a]);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            rOutput->AddBeziers( rPoints.data(), nCurrOutput );
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        // GraphicsPath expects 3(n-1)+1 points (i.e. the
+                        // last point must not have any trailing control
+                        // points after it).
+                        // Therefore, simply don't pass the last two
+                        // points here.
+                        if( nCurrOutput > 3 )
+                        {
+                            if(bNoLineJoin && nCurrOutput > 7)
+                            {
+                                for(sal_uInt32 a(3); a < nCurrOutput; a+=3)
+                                {
+                                    rOutput->StartFigure();
+                                    rOutput->AddBezier(rPoints[a - 3], rPoints[a - 2], rPoints[a - 1], rPoints[a]);
+                                }
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                rOutput->AddBeziers( rPoints.data(), nCurrOutput-2 );
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // no control points -> no curves, simply add
+                    // straight lines to GraphicsPath
+                    rPoints.resize( nPoints );
+
+                    for( sal_uInt32 nCurrPoint=0; nCurrPoint<nPoints; ++nCurrPoint )
+                    {
+                        const ::basegfx::B2DPoint& rPoint( rPoly.getB2DPoint( nCurrPoint ) );
+                        rPoints[nCurrPoint] = Gdiplus::PointF( static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rPoint.getX()),
+                                                               static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rPoint.getY()) );
+                    }
+
+                    if(bNoLineJoin && nPoints > 2)
+                    {
+                        for(sal_uInt32 a(1); a < nPoints; a++)
+                        {
+                            rOutput->StartFigure();
+                            rOutput->AddLine(rPoints[a - 1], rPoints[a]);
+                        }
+
+                        if(bClosedPolygon)
+                        {
+                            rOutput->StartFigure();
+                            rOutput->AddLine(rPoints[nPoints - 1], rPoints[0]);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        rOutput->AddLines( rPoints.data(), nPoints );
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if( bClosedPolygon && !bNoLineJoin )
+                    rOutput->CloseFigure();
+            }
+        }
+
+        Gdiplus::Rect gdiPlusRectFromIntegerRectangle2D( const geometry::IntegerRectangle2D& rRect )
+        {
+            return Gdiplus::Rect( rRect.X1,
+                                  rRect.Y1,
+                                  rRect.X2 - rRect.X1,
+                                  rRect.Y2 - rRect.Y1 );
+        }
+
+        Gdiplus::RectF gdiPlusRectFFromRectangle2D( const geometry::RealRectangle2D& rRect )
+        {
+            return Gdiplus::RectF( static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rRect.X1),
+                                   static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rRect.Y1),
+                                   static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rRect.X2 - rRect.X1),
+                                   static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(rRect.Y2 - rRect.Y1) );
+        }
+
+        RECT gdiRectFromB2IRect( const ::basegfx::B2IRange& rRect )
+        {
+            RECT aRect = {rRect.getMinX(),
+                          rRect.getMinY(),
+                          rRect.getMaxX(),
+                          rRect.getMaxY()};
+
+            return aRect;
+        }
+
+        geometry::RealPoint2D realPoint2DFromGdiPlusPointF( const Gdiplus::PointF& rPoint )
+        {
+            return geometry::RealPoint2D( rPoint.X, rPoint.Y );
+        }
+
+        geometry::RealRectangle2D realRectangle2DFromGdiPlusRectF( const Gdiplus::RectF& rRect )
+        {
+            return geometry::RealRectangle2D( rRect.X, rRect.Y,
+                                              rRect.X + rRect.Width,
+                                              rRect.Y + rRect.Height );
+        }
+
+        ::basegfx::B2DPoint b2dPointFromGdiPlusPointF( const Gdiplus::PointF& rPoint )
+        {
+            return ::basegfx::B2DPoint( rPoint.X, rPoint.Y );
+        }
+
+        ::basegfx::B2DRange b2dRangeFromGdiPlusRectF( const Gdiplus::RectF& rRect )
+        {
+            return ::basegfx::B2DRange( rRect.X, rRect.Y,
+                                        rRect.X + rRect.Width,
+                                        rRect.Y + rRect.Height );
+        }
+
+        uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > argbToIntSequence( Gdiplus::ARGB rColor )
+        {
+            // TODO(F1): handle color space conversions, when defined on canvas/graphicDevice
+            return
+            {
+                static_cast<sal_Int8>((rColor >> 16) & 0xFF), // red
+                static_cast<sal_Int8>((rColor >> 8) & 0xFF),  // green
+                static_cast<sal_Int8>(rColor & 0xFF),         // blue
+                static_cast<sal_Int8>((rColor >> 24) & 0xFF)  // alpha
+            };
+        }
+
+        Gdiplus::ARGB sequenceToArgb( const uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& rColor )
+        {
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW( rColor.getLength() > 2,
+                              "sequenceToArgb: need at least three channels" );
+
+            // TODO(F1): handle color space conversions, when defined on canvas/graphicDevice
+            Gdiplus::ARGB aColor;
+
+            aColor = (static_cast<sal_uInt8>(rColor[0]) << 16) | (static_cast<sal_uInt8>(rColor[1]) << 8) | static_cast<sal_uInt8>(rColor[2]);
+
+            if( rColor.getLength() > 3 )
+                aColor |= static_cast<sal_uInt8>(rColor[3]) << 24;
+
+            return aColor;
+        }
+
+        Gdiplus::ARGB sequenceToArgb( const uno::Sequence< double >& rColor )
+        {
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW( rColor.getLength() > 2,
+                              "sequenceToColor: need at least three channels" );
+
+            // TODO(F1): handle color space conversions, when defined on canvas/graphicDevice
+            Gdiplus::ARGB aColor;
+
+            ::canvas::tools::verifyRange(rColor[0],0.0,1.0);
+            ::canvas::tools::verifyRange(rColor[1],0.0,1.0);
+            ::canvas::tools::verifyRange(rColor[2],0.0,1.0);
+
+            aColor =
+                (static_cast<sal_uInt8>( ::basegfx::fround( 255*rColor[0] ) ) << 16) |
+                (static_cast<sal_uInt8>( ::basegfx::fround( 255*rColor[1] ) ) << 8) |
+                static_cast<sal_uInt8>( ::basegfx::fround( 255*rColor[2] ) );
+
+            if( rColor.getLength() > 3 )
+            {
+                ::canvas::tools::verifyRange(rColor[3],0.0,1.0);
+                aColor |= static_cast<sal_uInt8>( ::basegfx::fround( 255*rColor[3] ) ) << 24;
+            }
+
+            return aColor;
+        }
+
+        GraphicsPathSharedPtr graphicsPathFromRealPoint2DSequence( const uno::Sequence< uno::Sequence< geometry::RealPoint2D > >& points )
+        {
+            GraphicsPathSharedPtr pRes = std::make_shared<Gdiplus::GraphicsPath>();
+            std::vector< Gdiplus::PointF > aPoints;
+
+            for( uno::Sequence< geometry::RealPoint2D > const & seqPoints : points )
+            {
+                const sal_Int32 nCurrSize( seqPoints.getLength() );
+                if( nCurrSize )
+                {
+                    aPoints.resize( nCurrSize );
+
+                    // TODO(F1): Closed/open polygons
+
+                    // convert from RealPoint2D array to Gdiplus::PointF array
+                    std::transform( seqPoints.getConstArray(),
+                                      seqPoints.getConstArray()+nCurrSize,
+                                      aPoints.begin(),
+                                      implGdiPlusPointFromRealPoint2D );
+
+                    pRes->AddLines( aPoints.data(), nCurrSize );
+                }
+            }
+
+            return pRes;
+        }
+
+        GraphicsPathSharedPtr graphicsPathFromB2DPolygon( const ::basegfx::B2DPolygon& rPoly, bool bNoLineJoin )
+        {
+            GraphicsPathSharedPtr               pRes = std::make_shared<Gdiplus::GraphicsPath>();
+            std::vector< Gdiplus::PointF >    aPoints;
+
+            graphicsPathFromB2DPolygon( pRes, aPoints, rPoly, bNoLineJoin );
+
+            return pRes;
+        }
+
+        GraphicsPathSharedPtr graphicsPathFromB2DPolyPolygon( const ::basegfx::B2DPolyPolygon& rPoly, bool bNoLineJoin )
+        {
+            GraphicsPathSharedPtr               pRes = std::make_shared<Gdiplus::GraphicsPath>();
+            std::vector< Gdiplus::PointF >    aPoints;
+
+            const sal_uInt32 nPolies( rPoly.count() );
+            for( sal_uInt32 nCurrPoly=0; nCurrPoly<nPolies; ++nCurrPoly )
+            {
+                graphicsPathFromB2DPolygon( pRes,
+                                            aPoints,
+                                            rPoly.getB2DPolygon( nCurrPoly ),
+                                            bNoLineJoin);
+            }
+
+            return pRes;
+        }
+
+        GraphicsPathSharedPtr graphicsPathFromXPolyPolygon2D( const uno::Reference< rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >& xPoly, bool bNoLineJoin )
+        {
+            LinePolyPolygon* pPolyImpl = dynamic_cast< LinePolyPolygon* >( xPoly.get() );
+
+            if( pPolyImpl )
+            {
+                return pPolyImpl->getGraphicsPath( bNoLineJoin );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return tools::graphicsPathFromB2DPolyPolygon(
+                    polyPolygonFromXPolyPolygon2D( xPoly ), bNoLineJoin );
+            }
+        }
+
+        bool drawGdiPlusBitmap( const GraphicsSharedPtr& rGraphics,
+                                const BitmapSharedPtr&   rBitmap )
+        {
+            Gdiplus::PointF aPoint;
+            return (Gdiplus::Ok == rGraphics->DrawImage( rBitmap.get(),
+                                                         aPoint ) );
+        }
+
+        bool drawDIBits( const std::shared_ptr<Gdiplus::Graphics>& rGraphics,
+                         const BITMAPINFO&        rBI,
+                         const void*              pBits )
+        {
+            BitmapSharedPtr pBitmap(
+                Gdiplus::Bitmap::FromBITMAPINFO( &rBI,
+                                                 const_cast<void*>(pBits) ) );
+
+            return drawGdiPlusBitmap( rGraphics,
+                                      pBitmap );
+        }
+
+        bool drawRGBABits( const std::shared_ptr<Gdiplus::Graphics>& rGraphics,
+                           const RawRGBABitmap&     rRawRGBAData )
+        {
+            BitmapSharedPtr pBitmap = std::make_shared<Gdiplus::Bitmap>( rRawRGBAData.mnWidth,
+                                                          rRawRGBAData.mnHeight,
+                                                          PixelFormat32bppARGB );
+
+            Gdiplus::BitmapData aBmpData;
+            aBmpData.Width       = rRawRGBAData.mnWidth;
+            aBmpData.Height      = rRawRGBAData.mnHeight;
+            aBmpData.Stride      = 4*aBmpData.Width; // bottom-up format
+            aBmpData.PixelFormat = PixelFormat32bppARGB;
+            aBmpData.Scan0       = const_cast<sal_uInt8*>(rRawRGBAData.maBitmapData.data());
+
+            const Gdiplus::Rect aRect( 0,0,aBmpData.Width,aBmpData.Height );
+            if( Gdiplus::Ok != pBitmap->LockBits( &aRect,
+                                                  Gdiplus::ImageLockModeWrite | Gdiplus::ImageLockModeUserInputBuf,
+                                                  PixelFormat32bppARGB,
+                                                  &aBmpData ) )
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // commit data to bitmap
+            pBitmap->UnlockBits( &aBmpData );
+
+            return drawGdiPlusBitmap( rGraphics,
+                                      pBitmap );
+        }
+
+        BitmapSharedPtr bitmapFromXBitmap( const uno::Reference< rendering::XBitmap >& xBitmap )
+        {
+            BitmapProvider* pBitmapProvider = dynamic_cast< BitmapProvider* >(xBitmap.get());
+
+            if( pBitmapProvider )
+            {
+                IBitmapSharedPtr pBitmap( pBitmapProvider->getBitmap() );
+                return pBitmap->getBitmap();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // not a native CanvasBitmap, extract VCL bitmap and
+                // render into GDI+ bitmap of similar size
+                // =================================================
+
+                const geometry::IntegerSize2D aBmpSize( xBitmap->getSize() );
+                BitmapSharedPtr               pBitmap;
+
+                if( xBitmap->hasAlpha() )
+                {
+                    // TODO(P2): At least for the alpha bitmap case, it
+                    // would be possible to generate the corresponding
+                    // bitmap directly
+                    pBitmap = std::make_shared<Gdiplus::Bitmap>( aBmpSize.Width,
+                                                        aBmpSize.Height,
+                                                        PixelFormat32bppARGB );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // TODO(F2): Might be wise to create bitmap compatible
+                    // to the VCL bitmap. Also, check whether the VCL
+                    // bitmap's system handles can be used to create the
+                    // GDI+ bitmap (currently, it does not seem so).
+                    pBitmap = std::make_shared<Gdiplus::Bitmap>( aBmpSize.Width,
+                                                        aBmpSize.Height,
+                                                        PixelFormat24bppRGB );
+                }
+
+                GraphicsSharedPtr pGraphics(createGraphicsFromBitmap(pBitmap));
+                tools::setupGraphics(*pGraphics);
+                if( !drawVCLBitmapFromXBitmap(
+                        pGraphics,
+                        xBitmap) )
+                {
+                    pBitmap.reset();
+                }
+
+                return pBitmap;
+            }
+        }
+
+        CanvasFont::ImplRef canvasFontFromXFont( const uno::Reference< rendering::XCanvasFont >& xFont )
+        {
+            CanvasFont* pCanvasFont = dynamic_cast< CanvasFont* >(xFont.get());
+
+            ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( pCanvasFont,
+                             "canvasFontFromXFont(): Invalid XFont (or incompatible font for this XCanvas)" );
+
+            return CanvasFont::ImplRef( pCanvasFont );
+        }
+
+        void setModulateImageAttributes( Gdiplus::ImageAttributes& o_rAttr,
+                                         double                    nRedModulation,
+                                         double                    nGreenModulation,
+                                         double                    nBlueModulation,
+                                         double                    nAlphaModulation )
+        {
+            // This gets rather verbose, but we have to setup a color
+            // transformation matrix, in order to incorporate the global
+            // alpha value mfAlpha into the bitmap rendering.
+            Gdiplus::ColorMatrix     aColorMatrix;
+
+            aColorMatrix.m[0][0] = static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(nRedModulation);
+            aColorMatrix.m[0][1] = 0.0;
+            aColorMatrix.m[0][2] = 0.0;
+            aColorMatrix.m[0][3] = 0.0;
+            aColorMatrix.m[0][4] = 0.0;
+
+            aColorMatrix.m[1][0] = 0.0;
+            aColorMatrix.m[1][1] = static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(nGreenModulation);
+            aColorMatrix.m[1][2] = 0.0;
+            aColorMatrix.m[1][3] = 0.0;
+            aColorMatrix.m[1][4] = 0.0;
+
+            aColorMatrix.m[2][0] = 0.0;
+            aColorMatrix.m[2][1] = 0.0;
+            aColorMatrix.m[2][2] = static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(nBlueModulation);
+            aColorMatrix.m[2][3] = 0.0;
+            aColorMatrix.m[2][4] = 0.0;
+
+            aColorMatrix.m[3][0] = 0.0;
+            aColorMatrix.m[3][1] = 0.0;
+            aColorMatrix.m[3][2] = 0.0;
+            aColorMatrix.m[3][3] = static_cast<Gdiplus::REAL>(nAlphaModulation);
+            aColorMatrix.m[3][4] = 0.0;
+
+            aColorMatrix.m[4][0] = 0.0;
+            aColorMatrix.m[4][1] = 0.0;
+            aColorMatrix.m[4][2] = 0.0;
+            aColorMatrix.m[4][3] = 0.0;
+            aColorMatrix.m[4][4] = 1.0;
+
+            o_rAttr.SetColorMatrix( &aColorMatrix );
+        }
+
+} // namespace dxcanvas::tools
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_impltools.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_impltools.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c6b85ce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_impltools.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/TriState.hpp>
+
+#include <basegfx/polygon/b2dpolygon.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/polygon/b2dpolypolygon.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/numeric/ftools.hxx>
+
+#include <memory>
+#include "dx_canvasfont.hxx"
+
+namespace basegfx
+{
+    class B2DPoint;
+    class B2DRange;
+    class B2DHomMatrix;
+    class B2IRange;
+    class B2DPolyPolygon;
+};
+
+namespace com::sun::star::geometry
+{
+    struct IntegerRectangle2D;
+    struct RealPoint2D;
+}
+
+namespace com::sun::star::rendering
+{
+    class  XBitmap;
+    class  XPolyPolygon2D;
+    class  XCanvasFont;
+}
+
+
+namespace dxcanvas::tools
+{
+        struct RawRGBABitmap;
+
+        ::basegfx::B2DPolyPolygon
+        polyPolygonFromXPolyPolygon2D( const css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >& );
+
+        Gdiplus::Graphics* createGraphicsFromHDC(HDC);
+        GraphicsSharedPtr createGraphicsFromBitmap(const BitmapSharedPtr&);
+
+        void setupGraphics( Gdiplus::Graphics& rGraphics );
+
+        void gdiPlusMatrixFromB2DHomMatrix( Gdiplus::Matrix&        rGdiplusMatrix,
+                                            const ::basegfx::B2DHomMatrix&  rMatrix );
+        void gdiPlusMatrixFromAffineMatrix2D( Gdiplus::Matrix&                          rGdiplusMatrix,
+                                              const css::geometry::AffineMatrix2D& rMatrix );
+
+        Gdiplus::PointF gdiPlusPointFFromRealPoint2D( const css::geometry::RealPoint2D& );
+        Gdiplus::RectF  gdiPlusRectFFromRectangle2D( const css::geometry::RealRectangle2D& );
+        Gdiplus::Rect   gdiPlusRectFromIntegerRectangle2D( const css::geometry::IntegerRectangle2D& );
+        RECT            gdiRectFromB2IRect( const ::basegfx::B2IRange& );
+
+        css::geometry::RealPoint2D     realPoint2DFromGdiPlusPointF( const Gdiplus::PointF& );
+        css::geometry::RealRectangle2D realRectangle2DFromGdiPlusRectF( const Gdiplus::RectF& );
+
+        ::basegfx::B2DPoint b2dPointFromGdiPlusPointF( const Gdiplus::PointF& );
+        ::basegfx::B2DRange b2dRangeFromGdiPlusRectF( const Gdiplus::RectF& );
+
+        css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > argbToIntSequence( Gdiplus::ARGB rColor );
+        Gdiplus::ARGB sequenceToArgb( const css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& rColor );
+        Gdiplus::ARGB sequenceToArgb( const css::uno::Sequence< double >&  rColor );
+
+        GraphicsPathSharedPtr graphicsPathFromRealPoint2DSequence( const css::uno::Sequence<
+                                                                 css::uno::Sequence< css::geometry::RealPoint2D > >& );
+
+        GraphicsPathSharedPtr graphicsPathFromB2DPolygon(
+            const ::basegfx::B2DPolygon& rPoly,
+            bool bNoLineJoin = false);
+
+        GraphicsPathSharedPtr graphicsPathFromB2DPolyPolygon(
+            const ::basegfx::B2DPolyPolygon& rPoly,
+            bool bNoLineJoin = false);
+
+        GraphicsPathSharedPtr graphicsPathFromXPolyPolygon2D(
+            const css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >&,
+            bool bNoLineJoin = false );
+
+        bool drawGdiPlusBitmap( const GraphicsSharedPtr& rGraphics,
+                                const BitmapSharedPtr&   rBitmap );
+        bool drawDIBits( const std::shared_ptr< Gdiplus::Graphics >& rGraphics,
+                         const BITMAPINFO&                               rBI,
+                         const void*                                     pBits );
+
+        bool drawRGBABits( const std::shared_ptr< Gdiplus::Graphics >& rGraphics,
+                           const RawRGBABitmap&                            rRawRGBAData );
+
+        BitmapSharedPtr bitmapFromXBitmap( const css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XBitmap >&  xBitmap );
+
+        CanvasFont::ImplRef canvasFontFromXFont( const css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XCanvasFont >& xFont );
+
+        void setModulateImageAttributes( Gdiplus::ImageAttributes& o_rAttr,
+                                         double                           nRedModulation,
+                                         double                           nGreenModulation,
+                                         double                           nBlueModulation,
+                                         double                           nAlphaModulation );
+}
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_linepolypolygon.cxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_linepolypolygon.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53ec2953e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_linepolypolygon.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <basegfx/utils/canvastools.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_linepolypolygon.hxx"
+
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    LinePolyPolygon::LinePolyPolygon( const ::basegfx::B2DPolyPolygon& rPolyPoly ) :
+        ::basegfx::unotools::UnoPolyPolygon( rPolyPoly ),
+        mpGdiPlusUser( GDIPlusUser::createInstance() ),
+        mpPath()
+    {
+    }
+
+    GraphicsPathSharedPtr LinePolyPolygon::getGraphicsPath( bool bNoLineJoin ) const
+    {
+        // generate GraphicsPath only on demand (gets deleted as soon
+        // as any of the modifying methods above touches the
+        // B2DPolyPolygon).
+        if( !mpPath )
+        {
+            mpPath = tools::graphicsPathFromB2DPolyPolygon( getPolyPolygonUnsafe(), bNoLineJoin );
+            mpPath->SetFillMode( const_cast<LinePolyPolygon*>(this)->getFillRule() == rendering::FillRule_EVEN_ODD ?
+                                 Gdiplus::FillModeAlternate : Gdiplus::FillModeWinding );
+        }
+
+        return mpPath;
+    }
+
+    void LinePolyPolygon::modifying() const
+    {
+        mpPath.reset();
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_linepolypolygon.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_linepolypolygon.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eaec483a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_linepolypolygon.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <canvas/canvastools.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/utils/unopolypolygon.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_gdiplususer.hxx"
+#include "dx_impltools.hxx"
+
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    class LinePolyPolygon : public ::basegfx::unotools::UnoPolyPolygon
+    {
+    public:
+        explicit LinePolyPolygon( const ::basegfx::B2DPolyPolygon& );
+
+        GraphicsPathSharedPtr getGraphicsPath( bool bNoLineJoin = false) const;
+
+    private:
+        // overridden, to clear mpPath
+        virtual void modifying() const override;
+
+        GDIPlusUserSharedPtr            mpGdiPlusUser;
+        mutable GraphicsPathSharedPtr   mpPath;
+    };
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_rendermodule.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_rendermodule.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e8a8fb2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_rendermodule.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <basegfx/vector/b2ivector.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/range/b2irectangle.hxx>
+#include <rendering/irendermodule.hxx>
+#include <memory>
+#include "dx_winstuff.hxx"
+
+namespace vcl { class Window; }
+namespace basegfx
+{
+    class B2IRange;
+}
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    /// Specialization of IRenderModule for DirectX
+    struct IDXRenderModule : public canvas::IRenderModule
+    {
+        /** Flip front- and backbuffer, update only given area
+
+            Note: Both update area and offset are ignored for
+            fullscreen canvas, that uses page flipping (cannot, by
+            definition, do anything else there except displaying the
+            full backbuffer instead of the front buffer)
+
+            @param rUpdateArea
+            Area to copy from backbuffer to front
+
+            @param rCurrWindowArea
+            Current area of VCL window (coordinates relative to VCL
+            HWND)
+         */
+        virtual bool flip( const ::basegfx::B2IRectangle& rUpdateArea,
+                           const ::basegfx::B2IRectangle& rCurrWindowArea ) = 0;
+
+        /** Resize backbuffer area for this render module
+         */
+        virtual void resize( const ::basegfx::B2IRange& rect ) = 0;
+
+        /// Write a snapshot of the screen to disk
+        virtual void screenShot() = 0;
+
+        virtual sal::systools::COMReference<surface_type>
+            createSystemMemorySurface(
+                const ::basegfx::B2IVector& rSize ) = 0;
+
+        virtual void disposing() = 0;
+        virtual HWND getHWND() const = 0;
+    };
+
+    typedef std::shared_ptr< IDXRenderModule > IDXRenderModuleSharedPtr;
+
+
+    /** Factory method, to create an IRenderModule instance for the
+        given VCL window instance
+     */
+    IDXRenderModuleSharedPtr createRenderModule( const vcl::Window& rParent );
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_sprite.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_sprite.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1f75e1b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_sprite.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <base/sprite.hxx>
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    /** Specialization of ::canvas::Sprite interface, to also provide
+        redraw methods.
+     */
+    class Sprite : public ::canvas::Sprite
+    {
+    public:
+
+        /** Redraw sprite using the hardware
+
+            This method will silently fail, if the previous
+            restoreTextures() call failed.
+         */
+        virtual void redraw() const = 0;
+
+    protected:
+        ~Sprite() {}
+    };
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritecanvas.cxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritecanvas.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a16f2ae9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritecanvas.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+
+#include <basegfx/matrix/b2dhommatrix.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/numeric/ftools.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/point/b2dpoint.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/utils/canvastools.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/NoSupportException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XSingleServiceFactory.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/registry/XRegistryKey.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
+#include <osl/mutex.hxx>
+#include <toolkit/helper/vclunohelper.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+
+#include <canvas/canvastools.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_spritecanvas.hxx"
+#include "dx_winstuff.hxx"
+
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    SpriteCanvas::SpriteCanvas( const uno::Sequence< uno::Any >&                aArguments,
+                                const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext >& rxContext ) :
+        maArguments(aArguments),
+        mxComponentContext( rxContext )
+    {
+    }
+
+    void SpriteCanvas::initialize()
+    {
+        // #i64742# Only call initialize when not in probe mode
+        if( maArguments.getLength() == 0 )
+            return;
+
+        SAL_INFO("canvas.directx", "SpriteCanvas::initialize called" );
+
+        /* aArguments:
+           0: ptr to creating instance (Window or VirtualDevice)
+           1: SystemEnvData as a streamed Any (or empty for VirtualDevice)
+           2: current bounds of creating instance
+           3: bool, denoting always on top state for Window (always false for VirtualDevice)
+           4: XWindow for creating Window (or empty for VirtualDevice)
+           5: SystemGraphicsData as a streamed Any
+         */
+        ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( maArguments.getLength() >= 4 &&
+                             maArguments[3].getValueTypeClass() == uno::TypeClass_INTERFACE,
+                             "VCLSpriteCanvas::initialize: wrong number of arguments, or wrong types" );
+
+        uno::Reference< awt::XWindow > xParentWindow;
+        maArguments[3] >>= xParentWindow;
+        auto pParentWindow = VCLUnoHelper::GetWindow(xParentWindow);
+        if( !pParentWindow )
+            throw lang::NoSupportException( "Parent window not VCL window, or canvas out-of-process!" );
+
+        awt::Rectangle aRect;
+        maArguments[1] >>= aRect;
+
+        bool bIsFullscreen( false );
+        maArguments[2] >>= bIsFullscreen;
+
+        // setup helper
+        maDeviceHelper.init( *pParentWindow,
+                             *this,
+                             aRect,
+                             bIsFullscreen );
+        maCanvasHelper.init( *this,
+                             maRedrawManager,
+                             maDeviceHelper.getRenderModule(),
+                             maDeviceHelper.getSurfaceProxy(),
+                             maDeviceHelper.getBackBuffer(),
+                             ::basegfx::B2ISize() );
+        maArguments.realloc(0);
+    }
+
+    void SpriteCanvas::disposeThis()
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        mxComponentContext.clear();
+
+        // forward to parent
+        SpriteCanvasBaseT::disposeThis();
+    }
+
+    sal_Bool SAL_CALL SpriteCanvas::showBuffer( sal_Bool bUpdateAll )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        // avoid repaints on hidden window (hidden: not mapped to
+        // screen). Return failure, since the screen really has _not_
+        // been updated (caller should try again later)
+        return mbIsVisible && SpriteCanvasBaseT::showBuffer( bUpdateAll );
+    }
+
+    sal_Bool SAL_CALL SpriteCanvas::switchBuffer( sal_Bool bUpdateAll )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        // avoid repaints on hidden window (hidden: not mapped to
+        // screen). Return failure, since the screen really has _not_
+        // been updated (caller should try again later)
+        return mbIsVisible && SpriteCanvasBaseT::switchBuffer( bUpdateAll );
+    }
+
+    sal_Bool SAL_CALL SpriteCanvas::updateScreen( sal_Bool bUpdateAll )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        // avoid repaints on hidden window (hidden: not mapped to
+        // screen). Return failure, since the screen really has _not_
+        // been updated (caller should try again later)
+        return mbIsVisible && maCanvasHelper.updateScreen(
+            ::basegfx::unotools::b2IRectangleFromAwtRectangle(maBounds),
+            bUpdateAll,
+            mbSurfaceDirty );
+    }
+
+    OUString SAL_CALL SpriteCanvas::getServiceName(  )
+    {
+        return "com.sun.star.rendering.SpriteCanvas.DX9";
+    }
+
+    // XServiceInfo
+    css::uno::Sequence<OUString> SpriteCanvas::getSupportedServiceNames(  )
+    {
+        return { "com.sun.star.rendering.SpriteCanvas.DX9" };
+    }
+    OUString SpriteCanvas::getImplementationName(  )
+    {
+        return "com.sun.star.comp.rendering.SpriteCanvas.DX9";
+    }
+    sal_Bool SpriteCanvas::supportsService( const OUString& sServiceName )
+    {
+        return cppu::supportsService(this, sServiceName);
+    }
+
+    const IDXRenderModuleSharedPtr& SpriteCanvas::getRenderModule() const
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        return maDeviceHelper.getRenderModule();
+    }
+
+    const DXSurfaceBitmapSharedPtr& SpriteCanvas::getBackBuffer() const
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        return maDeviceHelper.getBackBuffer();
+    }
+
+    IBitmapSharedPtr SpriteCanvas::getBitmap() const
+    {
+        return maDeviceHelper.getBackBuffer();
+    }
+
+    extern "C" SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT css::uno::XInterface*
+    canvas_directx9_SpriteCanvas_get_implementation(
+       css::uno::XComponentContext* context, css::uno::Sequence<css::uno::Any> const& args)
+    {
+        rtl::Reference<SpriteCanvas> xCanvas(new SpriteCanvas(args, context));
+        xCanvas->initialize();
+        xCanvas->acquire();
+        return static_cast<cppu::OWeakObject*>(xCanvas.get());
+    }
+
+}
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritecanvas.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritecanvas.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..081337f72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritecanvas.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <rtl/ref.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceName.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/awt/XWindowListener.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/awt/XTopWindow.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XUpdatable.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XSpriteCanvas.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XIntegerBitmap.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XGraphicDevice.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XBufferController.hpp>
+
+#include <cppuhelper/compbase.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/uno3.hxx>
+
+#include <base/spritecanvasbase.hxx>
+#include <base/spritesurface.hxx>
+#include <base/disambiguationhelper.hxx>
+#include <base/bufferedgraphicdevicebase.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_bitmapprovider.hxx"
+#include "dx_spritecanvashelper.hxx"
+#include "dx_surfacebitmap.hxx"
+#include "dx_impltools.hxx"
+#include "dx_spritedevicehelper.hxx"
+
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    typedef ::cppu::WeakComponentImplHelper< css::rendering::XSpriteCanvas,
+                                             css::rendering::XIntegerBitmap,
+                                             css::rendering::XGraphicDevice,
+                                             css::lang::XMultiServiceFactory,
+                                             css::rendering::XBufferController,
+                                             css::awt::XWindowListener,
+                                             css::util::XUpdatable,
+                                             css::beans::XPropertySet,
+                                             css::lang::XServiceName,
+                                             css::lang::XServiceInfo>    WindowGraphicDeviceBase_Base;
+    typedef ::canvas::BufferedGraphicDeviceBase< ::canvas::DisambiguationHelper< WindowGraphicDeviceBase_Base >,
+                                                   SpriteDeviceHelper,
+                                                   ::osl::MutexGuard,
+                                                   ::cppu::OWeakObject >    SpriteCanvasBase_Base;
+    /** Mixin SpriteSurface
+
+        Have to mixin the SpriteSurface before deriving from
+        ::canvas::SpriteCanvasBase, as this template should already
+        implement some of those interface methods.
+
+        The reason why this appears kinda convoluted is the fact that
+        we cannot specify non-IDL types as WeakComponentImplHelper
+        template args, and furthermore, don't want to derive
+        ::canvas::SpriteCanvasBase directly from
+        ::canvas::SpriteSurface (because derivees of
+        ::canvas::SpriteCanvasBase have to explicitly forward the
+        XInterface methods (e.g. via DECLARE_UNO3_AGG_DEFAULTS)
+        anyway). Basically, ::canvas::CanvasCustomSpriteBase should
+        remain a base class that provides implementation, not to
+        enforce any specific interface on its derivees.
+     */
+    class SpriteCanvasBaseSpriteSurface_Base : public SpriteCanvasBase_Base,
+                                               public ::canvas::SpriteSurface
+    {
+    };
+
+    typedef ::canvas::SpriteCanvasBase< SpriteCanvasBaseSpriteSurface_Base,
+                                        SpriteCanvasHelper,
+                                        ::osl::MutexGuard,
+                                        ::cppu::OWeakObject >           SpriteCanvasBaseT;
+
+    /** Product of this component's factory.
+
+        The SpriteCanvas object combines the actual Window canvas with
+        the XGraphicDevice interface. This is because there's a
+        one-to-one relation between them, anyway, since each window
+        can have exactly one canvas and one associated
+        XGraphicDevice. And to avoid messing around with circular
+        references, this is implemented as one single object.
+     */
+    class SpriteCanvas : public SpriteCanvasBaseT, public BitmapProvider
+    {
+    public:
+        SpriteCanvas( const css::uno::Sequence<
+                            css::uno::Any >&               aArguments,
+                      const css::uno::Reference<
+                            css::uno::XComponentContext >& rxContext );
+
+        void initialize();
+
+        /// Dispose all internal references
+        virtual void disposeThis() override;
+
+        // Forwarding the XComponent implementation to the
+        // cppu::ImplHelper templated base
+        //                                    Classname     Base doing refcounting        Base implementing the XComponent interface
+        //                                       |                 |                            |
+        //                                       V                 V                            V
+        DECLARE_UNO3_XCOMPONENT_AGG_DEFAULTS( SpriteCanvas, WindowGraphicDeviceBase_Base, ::cppu::WeakComponentImplHelperBase )
+
+        // XBufferController (partial)
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL showBuffer( sal_Bool bUpdateAll ) override;
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL switchBuffer( sal_Bool bUpdateAll ) override;
+
+        // XSpriteCanvas (partial)
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL updateScreen( sal_Bool bUpdateAll ) override;
+
+        // XServiceName
+        virtual OUString SAL_CALL getServiceName(  ) override;
+
+        // XServiceInfo
+        virtual css::uno::Sequence<OUString> SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames(  ) override;
+        virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName(  ) override;
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( const OUString& ) override;
+
+        /// Retrieve rendermodule object for this Canvas
+        const IDXRenderModuleSharedPtr& getRenderModule() const;
+
+        /// Get backbuffer for this canvas
+        const DXSurfaceBitmapSharedPtr& getBackBuffer() const;
+
+        // BitmapProvider
+        virtual IBitmapSharedPtr getBitmap() const override;
+
+     private:
+        css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any >                maArguments;
+        css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext > mxComponentContext;
+    };
+
+    typedef ::rtl::Reference< SpriteCanvas > SpriteCanvasRef;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritecanvashelper.cxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritecanvashelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..416c66ba5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritecanvashelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,352 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <boost/cast.hpp>
+
+#include <basegfx/range/b2drectangle.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/utils/canvastools.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/scopeguard.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+
+#include <canvas/canvastools.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_canvascustomsprite.hxx"
+#include "dx_spritecanvashelper.hxx"
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    namespace
+    {
+        void repaintBackground( const ::basegfx::B2DRange&      rUpdateArea,
+                                const ::basegfx::B2IRange&      rOutputArea,
+                                const DXSurfaceBitmapSharedPtr& rBackBuffer )
+        {
+            // TODO(E1): Use numeric_cast to catch overflow here
+            ::basegfx::B2IRange aActualArea( 0, 0,
+                                             static_cast<sal_Int32>(rOutputArea.getWidth()),
+                                             static_cast<sal_Int32>(rOutputArea.getHeight()) );
+            aActualArea.intersect( fround( rUpdateArea ) );
+
+            // repaint the given area of the screen with background content
+            rBackBuffer->draw(aActualArea);
+        }
+
+        void spriteRedraw( const ::canvas::Sprite::Reference& rSprite )
+        {
+            // downcast to derived dxcanvas::Sprite interface, which
+            // provides the actual redraw methods.
+            ::boost::polymorphic_downcast< Sprite* >(
+                rSprite.get() )->redraw();
+        }
+    }
+
+    SpriteCanvasHelper::SpriteCanvasHelper() :
+        mpSpriteSurface( nullptr ),
+        mpRedrawManager( nullptr ),
+        mpRenderModule(),
+        mpSurfaceProxy(),
+        mpBackBuffer(),
+        maUpdateRect(),
+        maScrapRect(),
+        mbShowSpriteBounds( false )
+    {
+#if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0
+        // inverse default for verbose debug mode
+        mbShowSpriteBounds = true;
+#endif
+    }
+
+    void SpriteCanvasHelper::init( SpriteCanvas&                                    rParent,
+                                   ::canvas::SpriteRedrawManager&                   rManager,
+                                   const IDXRenderModuleSharedPtr&                  rRenderModule,
+                                   const std::shared_ptr<canvas::ISurfaceProxyManager>&   rSurfaceProxy,
+                                   const DXSurfaceBitmapSharedPtr&                  rBackBuffer,
+                                   const ::basegfx::B2ISize&                        rOutputOffset )
+    {
+        // init base
+        setDevice( rParent );
+        setTarget( rBackBuffer, rOutputOffset );
+
+        mpSpriteSurface = &rParent;
+        mpRedrawManager = &rManager;
+        mpRenderModule  = rRenderModule;
+        mpSurfaceProxy  = rSurfaceProxy;
+        mpBackBuffer    = rBackBuffer;
+    }
+
+    void SpriteCanvasHelper::disposing()
+    {
+        if(mpRenderModule)
+            mpRenderModule->disposing();
+
+        mpBackBuffer.reset();
+        mpRenderModule.reset();
+        mpRedrawManager = nullptr;
+        mpSpriteSurface = nullptr;
+
+        // forward to base
+        CanvasHelper::disposing();
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XAnimatedSprite > SpriteCanvasHelper::createSpriteFromAnimation(
+        const uno::Reference< rendering::XAnimation >& /*animation*/ )
+    {
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XAnimatedSprite >();
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XAnimatedSprite > SpriteCanvasHelper::createSpriteFromBitmaps(
+        const uno::Sequence< uno::Reference< rendering::XBitmap > >& /*animationBitmaps*/,
+        sal_Int8                                                     /*interpolationMode*/ )
+    {
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XAnimatedSprite >();
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XCustomSprite > SpriteCanvasHelper::createCustomSprite( const geometry::RealSize2D& spriteSize )
+    {
+        if( !mpRedrawManager )
+            return uno::Reference< rendering::XCustomSprite >(); // we're disposed
+
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XCustomSprite >(
+            new CanvasCustomSprite( spriteSize,
+                                    mpSpriteSurface,
+                                    mpRenderModule,
+                                    mpSurfaceProxy,
+                                    mbShowSpriteBounds ) );
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XSprite > SpriteCanvasHelper::createClonedSprite( const uno::Reference< rendering::XSprite >& /*original*/ )
+    {
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XSprite >();
+    }
+
+    bool SpriteCanvasHelper::updateScreen( const ::basegfx::B2IRectangle& rCurrArea,
+                                           bool                           bUpdateAll,
+                                           bool&                          io_bSurfaceDirty )
+    {
+        if( !mpRedrawManager ||
+            !mpRenderModule ||
+            !mpBackBuffer )
+        {
+            return false; // disposed, or otherwise dysfunctional
+        }
+
+        // store current output area (need to tunnel that to the
+        // background, scroll, opaque and general sprite repaint
+        // routines)
+        maScrapRect = rCurrArea;
+
+        // clear area that needs to be blitted to screen beforehand
+        maUpdateRect.reset();
+
+        // TODO(P1): Might be worthwhile to track areas of background
+        // changes, too.
+
+        // TODO(P2): Might be worthwhile to use page-flipping only if
+        // a certain percentage of screen area has changed - and
+        // compose directly to the front buffer otherwise.
+        if( !bUpdateAll && !io_bSurfaceDirty )
+        {
+            // background has not changed, so we're free to optimize
+            // repaint to areas where a sprite has changed
+
+            // process each independent area of overlapping sprites
+            // separately.
+            mpRedrawManager->forEachSpriteArea( *this );
+
+            // flip primary surface to screen
+            // ==============================
+
+            // perform buffer flipping
+            mpRenderModule->flip( maUpdateRect,
+                                  rCurrArea );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // limit update to parent window area (ignored for fullscreen)
+            // TODO(E1): Use numeric_cast to catch overflow here
+            const ::basegfx::B2IRectangle aUpdateArea( 0,0,
+                                                       static_cast<sal_Int32>(rCurrArea.getWidth()),
+                                                       static_cast<sal_Int32>(rCurrArea.getHeight()) );
+
+            // background has changed, or called requested full
+            // update, or we're performing double buffering via page
+            // flipping, so we currently have no choice but repaint
+            // everything
+
+            // repaint the whole screen with background content
+            mpBackBuffer->draw(aUpdateArea);
+
+            // redraw sprites
+            mpRedrawManager->forEachSprite( &spriteRedraw );
+
+            // flip primary surface to screen
+            // ==============================
+
+            // perform buffer flipping
+            mpRenderModule->flip( aUpdateArea,
+                                  rCurrArea );
+        }
+
+        // change record vector must be cleared, for the next turn of
+        // rendering and sprite changing
+        mpRedrawManager->clearChangeRecords();
+
+        io_bSurfaceDirty = false;
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    void SpriteCanvasHelper::backgroundPaint( const ::basegfx::B2DRange& rUpdateRect )
+    {
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( mpRenderModule &&
+                          mpBackBuffer,
+                          "SpriteCanvasHelper::backgroundPaint(): NULL device pointer " );
+
+        repaintBackground( rUpdateRect,
+                           maScrapRect,
+                           mpBackBuffer );
+    }
+
+    void SpriteCanvasHelper::scrollUpdate( const ::basegfx::B2DRange&                       /*rMoveStart*/,
+                                           const ::basegfx::B2DRange&                       rMoveEnd,
+                                           const ::canvas::SpriteRedrawManager::UpdateArea& rUpdateArea )
+    {
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( mpRenderModule &&
+                          mpBackBuffer,
+                          "SpriteCanvasHelper::scrollUpdate(): NULL device pointer " );
+
+        // round rectangles to integer pixel. Note: have to be
+        // extremely careful here, to avoid off-by-one errors for
+        // the destination area: otherwise, the next scroll update
+        // would copy pixel that are not supposed to be part of
+        // the sprite.
+        const ::basegfx::B2IRange& rDestRect(
+            ::canvas::tools::spritePixelAreaFromB2DRange( rMoveEnd ) );
+
+        // not much sense in really implementing scrollUpdate here,
+        // since outputting a sprite only partially would result in
+        // expensive clipping. Furthermore, we cannot currently render
+        // 3D directly to the front buffer, thus, would have to blit
+        // the full sprite area, anyway. But at least optimized in the
+        // sense that unnecessary background paints behind the sprites
+        // are avoided.
+        for( const auto& rComponent : rUpdateArea.maComponentList )
+        {
+            const ::canvas::Sprite::Reference& rSprite( rComponent.second.getSprite() );
+
+            if( rSprite.is() )
+            {
+                // downcast to derived dxcanvas::Sprite interface, which
+                // provides the actual redraw methods.
+                ::boost::polymorphic_downcast< Sprite* >( rSprite.get() )->redraw();
+            }
+        }
+
+        // repaint uncovered areas from backbuffer - take the
+        // _rounded_ rectangles from above, to have the update
+        // consistent with the scroll above.
+        std::vector< ::basegfx::B2DRange > aUncoveredAreas;
+        ::basegfx::computeSetDifference( aUncoveredAreas,
+                                         rUpdateArea.maTotalBounds,
+                                         ::basegfx::B2DRange( rDestRect ) );
+        for( const auto& rUncoveredArea : aUncoveredAreas )
+            repaintBackground( rUncoveredArea, maScrapRect, mpBackBuffer );
+
+        // TODO(E1): Use numeric_cast to catch overflow here
+        ::basegfx::B2IRange aActualArea( 0, 0,
+                                         static_cast<sal_Int32>(maScrapRect.getWidth()),
+                                         static_cast<sal_Int32>(maScrapRect.getHeight()) );
+        aActualArea.intersect( fround( rUpdateArea.maTotalBounds ) );
+
+        // add given update area to the 'blit to foreground' rect
+        maUpdateRect.expand( aActualArea );
+    }
+
+    void SpriteCanvasHelper::opaqueUpdate( const ::basegfx::B2DRange&                          rTotalArea,
+                                           const std::vector< ::canvas::Sprite::Reference >& rSortedUpdateSprites )
+    {
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( mpRenderModule &&
+                          mpBackBuffer,
+                          "SpriteCanvasHelper::opaqueUpdate(): NULL device pointer " );
+
+        // TODO(P2): optimize this by truly rendering to the front
+        // buffer. Currently, we've the 3D device only for the back
+        // buffer.
+        for( const auto& rSprite : rSortedUpdateSprites )
+        {
+            if( rSprite.is() )
+            {
+                // downcast to derived dxcanvas::Sprite interface, which
+                // provides the actual redraw methods.
+                ::boost::polymorphic_downcast< Sprite* >( rSprite.get() )->redraw();
+            }
+        }
+
+        // TODO(E1): Use numeric_cast to catch overflow here
+        ::basegfx::B2IRange aActualArea( 0, 0,
+                                         static_cast<sal_Int32>(maScrapRect.getWidth()),
+                                         static_cast<sal_Int32>(maScrapRect.getHeight()) );
+        aActualArea.intersect( fround( rTotalArea ) );
+
+        // add given update area to the 'blit to foreground' rect
+        maUpdateRect.expand( aActualArea );
+    }
+
+    void SpriteCanvasHelper::genericUpdate( const ::basegfx::B2DRange&                          rTotalArea,
+                                            const std::vector< ::canvas::Sprite::Reference >& rSortedUpdateSprites )
+    {
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( mpRenderModule &&
+                          mpBackBuffer,
+                          "SpriteCanvasHelper::genericUpdate(): NULL device pointer " );
+
+        // paint background
+        // ================
+
+        // TODO(E1): Use numeric_cast to catch overflow here
+        ::basegfx::B2IRange aActualArea( 0, 0,
+                                         static_cast<sal_Int32>(maScrapRect.getWidth()),
+                                         static_cast<sal_Int32>(maScrapRect.getHeight()) );
+        aActualArea.intersect( fround( rTotalArea ) );
+
+        // repaint the given area of the screen with background content
+        mpBackBuffer->draw(aActualArea);
+
+        // paint sprite
+        // ============
+
+        for( const auto& rSprite : rSortedUpdateSprites )
+        {
+            if( rSprite.is() )
+            {
+                // downcast to derived dxcanvas::Sprite interface, which
+                // provides the actual redraw methods.
+                ::boost::polymorphic_downcast< Sprite* >( rSprite.get() )->redraw();
+            }
+        }
+
+        // add given update area to the 'blit to foreground' rect
+        maUpdateRect.expand( aActualArea );
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritecanvashelper.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritecanvashelper.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c2d98ba8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritecanvashelper.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XSpriteCanvas.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XIntegerBitmap.hpp>
+
+#include <spriteredrawmanager.hxx>
+#include <rendering/isurfaceproxy.hxx>
+#include <rendering/isurfaceproxymanager.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_bitmapcanvashelper.hxx"
+#include "dx_impltools.hxx"
+#include "dx_rendermodule.hxx"
+#include "dx_surfacebitmap.hxx"
+
+#include <basegfx/range/b2irectangle.hxx>
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    class SpriteCanvas;
+
+    class SpriteCanvasHelper : public BitmapCanvasHelper
+    {
+    public:
+        SpriteCanvasHelper();
+
+        void init( SpriteCanvas&                                    rParent,
+                   ::canvas::SpriteRedrawManager&                   rManager,
+                   const IDXRenderModuleSharedPtr&                  rRenderModule,
+                   const std::shared_ptr<canvas::ISurfaceProxyManager>&   rSurfaceProxy,
+                   const DXSurfaceBitmapSharedPtr&                  rBackBuffer,
+                   const ::basegfx::B2ISize&                        rOutputOffset );
+
+        /// Dispose all internal references
+        void disposing();
+
+        // XSpriteCanvas
+        css::uno::Reference<
+              css::rendering::XAnimatedSprite >        createSpriteFromAnimation(
+                const css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XAnimation >& animation );
+
+        css::uno::Reference<
+              css::rendering::XAnimatedSprite >        createSpriteFromBitmaps(
+                const css::uno::Sequence<
+                      css::uno::Reference<
+                            css::rendering::XBitmap > >& animationBitmaps,
+                sal_Int8                                              interpolationMode );
+
+        css::uno::Reference<
+              css::rendering::XCustomSprite >      createCustomSprite(
+                const css::geometry::RealSize2D& spriteSize );
+
+        css::uno::Reference<
+              css::rendering::XSprite >                createClonedSprite(
+                const css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XSprite >& original );
+
+        /** Actually perform the screen update
+
+            @param rCurrArea
+            Current window area in absolute screen coordinates
+
+            @param bUpdateAll
+            sal_True, if everything must be updated, not only changed
+            sprites
+
+            @param io_bSurfaceDirty
+            In/out parameter, whether backbuffer surface is dirty (if
+            yes, we're performing a full update, anyway)
+         */
+        bool updateScreen( const ::basegfx::B2IRectangle& rCurrArea,
+                           bool                           bUpdateAll,
+                           bool&                          io_bSurfaceDirty );
+
+
+        // SpriteRedrawManager functor calls
+
+
+        /** Gets called for simple background repaints
+         */
+        void backgroundPaint( const ::basegfx::B2DRange& rUpdateRect );
+
+        /** Gets called when area can be handled by scrolling.
+
+            Called method must copy screen content from rMoveStart to
+            rMoveEnd, and restore the background in the uncovered
+            areas.
+
+            @param rMoveStart
+            Source rect of the scroll
+
+            @param rMoveEnd
+            Dest rect of the scroll
+
+            @param rUpdateArea
+            All info necessary, should rMoveStart be partially or
+            fully outside the outdev
+         */
+        void scrollUpdate( const ::basegfx::B2DRange&                           rMoveStart,
+                           const ::basegfx::B2DRange&                           rMoveEnd,
+                           const ::canvas::SpriteRedrawManager::UpdateArea&     rUpdateArea );
+
+        void opaqueUpdate( const ::basegfx::B2DRange&                          rTotalArea,
+                           const std::vector< ::canvas::Sprite::Reference >& rSortedUpdateSprites );
+
+        void genericUpdate( const ::basegfx::B2DRange&                          rTotalArea,
+                            const std::vector< ::canvas::Sprite::Reference >& rSortedUpdateSprites );
+
+    private:
+        /// For generating sprites
+        SpriteCanvas*                                   mpSpriteSurface;
+
+        /// Set from the SpriteCanvas: instance coordinating sprite redraw
+        ::canvas::SpriteRedrawManager*                  mpRedrawManager;
+
+        /// DX device, handling all low-level rendering
+        IDXRenderModuleSharedPtr                        mpRenderModule;
+
+        std::shared_ptr<canvas::ISurfaceProxyManager>         mpSurfaceProxy;
+
+        /// Backbuffer, contains the static canvas render output
+        DXSurfaceBitmapSharedPtr                        mpBackBuffer;
+
+        /// Completely temporary rect storage (used by sprite repaint)
+        mutable ::basegfx::B2IRange                     maUpdateRect;
+
+        /// Completely temporary rect storage (used by sprite repaint)
+        mutable ::basegfx::B2IRange                     maScrapRect;
+
+        /// When true, show small bound rects around each sprite
+        bool                                            mbShowSpriteBounds;
+    };
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritedevicehelper.cxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritedevicehelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee339c8af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritedevicehelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+
+#include <basegfx/utils/canvastools.hxx>
+#include <canvas/canvastools.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/NoSupportException.hpp>
+#include <toolkit/helper/vclunohelper.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+#include <vcl/sysdata.hxx>
+#include <vcl/window.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_canvasbitmap.hxx"
+#include "dx_linepolypolygon.hxx"
+#include "dx_spritecanvas.hxx"
+#include "dx_spritedevicehelper.hxx"
+#include "dx_winstuff.hxx"
+
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    SpriteDeviceHelper::SpriteDeviceHelper() :
+        DeviceHelper(),
+        mpSpriteCanvas( nullptr ),
+        mpBackBuffer(),
+        mpSurfaceProxyManager(),
+        mpRenderModule()
+    {
+    }
+
+    void SpriteDeviceHelper::init( vcl::Window&               rWindow,
+                                   SpriteCanvas&         rSpriteCanvas,
+                                   const awt::Rectangle& rRect,
+                                   bool                  /*bFullscreen*/ )
+    {
+        // #i60490# ensure backbuffer has sensible minimal size
+        const sal_Int32 w( std::max(sal_Int32(1),sal_Int32(rRect.Width)));
+        const sal_Int32 h( std::max(sal_Int32(1),sal_Int32(rRect.Height)));
+
+        rSpriteCanvas.setWindow(
+            uno::Reference<awt::XWindow2>(
+                VCLUnoHelper::GetInterface(&rWindow),
+                uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW) );
+
+        const SystemEnvData *pData = rWindow.GetSystemData();
+        const HWND hWnd = reinterpret_cast<HWND>(pData->hWnd);
+        if( !IsWindow( hWnd ) )
+            throw lang::NoSupportException( "Passed window has invalid system window, or canvas out-of-process!" );
+
+        mpSpriteCanvas = &rSpriteCanvas;
+
+        try
+        {
+            // setup directx rendermodule
+            mpRenderModule = createRenderModule( rWindow );
+        }
+        catch (...) {
+
+            throw lang::NoSupportException( "Could not create DirectX device!",
+                static_cast< ::cppu::OWeakObject* >(&rSpriteCanvas) );
+        }
+
+        // create the surfaceproxy manager
+        mpSurfaceProxyManager = ::canvas::createSurfaceProxyManager( mpRenderModule );
+
+        // #i60490# ensure backbuffer has sensible minimal size
+        mpBackBuffer = std::make_shared<DXSurfaceBitmap>(
+                               ::basegfx::B2ISize(w,h),
+                               mpSurfaceProxyManager,
+                               mpRenderModule,
+                               false);
+
+        // Assumes: SystemChildWindow() has CS_OWNDC
+        DeviceHelper::init(GetDC(mpRenderModule->getHWND()),rWindow.GetOutDev(), rSpriteCanvas);
+    }
+
+    void SpriteDeviceHelper::disposing()
+    {
+        // release all references
+        mpBackBuffer.reset();
+        mpSurfaceProxyManager.reset();
+        mpRenderModule.reset();
+        mpSpriteCanvas = nullptr;
+
+        DeviceHelper::disposing();
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XBitmap > SpriteDeviceHelper::createCompatibleBitmap(
+        const uno::Reference< rendering::XGraphicDevice >&  /*rDevice*/,
+        const geometry::IntegerSize2D&                      size )
+    {
+        if( !getDevice() )
+            return uno::Reference< rendering::XBitmap >(); // we're disposed
+
+        DXSurfaceBitmapSharedPtr pBitmap = std::make_shared<DXSurfaceBitmap>(
+                ::basegfx::unotools::b2ISizeFromIntegerSize2D(size),
+                mpSurfaceProxyManager,
+                mpRenderModule,
+                false);
+
+        // create a 24bit RGB system memory surface
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XBitmap >(new CanvasBitmap(pBitmap,getDevice()));
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XVolatileBitmap > SpriteDeviceHelper::createVolatileBitmap(
+        const uno::Reference< rendering::XGraphicDevice >&  /*rDevice*/,
+        const geometry::IntegerSize2D&                      /*size*/ )
+    {
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XVolatileBitmap >();
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XBitmap > SpriteDeviceHelper::createCompatibleAlphaBitmap(
+        const uno::Reference< rendering::XGraphicDevice >&  /*rDevice*/,
+        const geometry::IntegerSize2D&                      size )
+    {
+        if( !getDevice() )
+            return uno::Reference< rendering::XBitmap >(); // we're disposed
+
+        DXSurfaceBitmapSharedPtr pBitmap = std::make_shared<DXSurfaceBitmap>(
+                ::basegfx::unotools::b2ISizeFromIntegerSize2D(size),
+                mpSurfaceProxyManager,
+                mpRenderModule,
+                true);
+
+        // create a 32bit ARGB system memory surface
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XBitmap >(new CanvasBitmap(pBitmap,getDevice()));
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XVolatileBitmap > SpriteDeviceHelper::createVolatileAlphaBitmap(
+        const uno::Reference< rendering::XGraphicDevice >&  /*rDevice*/,
+        const geometry::IntegerSize2D&                      /*size*/ )
+    {
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XVolatileBitmap >();
+    }
+
+    void SpriteDeviceHelper::destroyBuffers()
+    {
+        // TODO(F3): implement XBufferStrategy interface. For now, we
+        // _always_ will have exactly one backbuffer
+    }
+
+    bool SpriteDeviceHelper::showBuffer( bool, bool )
+    {
+        SAL_WARN("canvas.directx", "Not supposed to be called, handled by SpriteCanvas");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    bool SpriteDeviceHelper::switchBuffer( bool, bool )
+    {
+        SAL_WARN("canvas.directx", "Not supposed to be called, handled by SpriteCanvas");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    uno::Any SpriteDeviceHelper::isAccelerated() const
+    {
+        return css::uno::Any(true);
+    }
+
+    void SpriteDeviceHelper::notifySizeUpdate( const awt::Rectangle& rBounds )
+    {
+        // #i60490# ensure backbuffer has sensible minimal size
+        const sal_Int32 x(rBounds.X);
+        const sal_Int32 y(rBounds.Y);
+        const sal_Int32 w(std::max(sal_Int32(1),sal_Int32(rBounds.Width)));
+        const sal_Int32 h(std::max(sal_Int32(1),sal_Int32(rBounds.Height)));
+
+        if( mpRenderModule )
+            mpRenderModule->resize(::basegfx::B2IRange(x,y,x+w,y+h));
+
+        resizeBackBuffer(::basegfx::B2ISize(w,h));
+    }
+
+    void SpriteDeviceHelper::resizeBackBuffer( const ::basegfx::B2ISize& rNewSize )
+    {
+        // disposed?
+        if(!mpBackBuffer)
+            return;
+
+        mpBackBuffer->resize(rNewSize);
+        mpBackBuffer->clear();
+    }
+
+    HWND SpriteDeviceHelper::getHwnd() const
+    {
+        if( mpRenderModule )
+            return mpRenderModule->getHWND();
+        else
+            return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    void SpriteDeviceHelper::dumpScreenContent() const
+    {
+        if( mpRenderModule )
+            mpRenderModule->screenShot();
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritedevicehelper.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritedevicehelper.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad7417770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritedevicehelper.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <com/sun/star/awt/Rectangle.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XGraphicDevice.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XBufferController.hpp>
+
+#include "dx_rendermodule.hxx"
+#include "dx_surfacebitmap.hxx"
+#include "dx_devicehelper.hxx"
+
+#include <rendering/isurfaceproxymanager.hxx>
+
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    class SpriteCanvas;
+
+    class SpriteDeviceHelper : public DeviceHelper
+    {
+    public:
+        SpriteDeviceHelper();
+
+        void init( vcl::Window&                             rWindow,
+                   SpriteCanvas&                            rSpriteCanvas,
+                   const css::awt::Rectangle&               rRect,
+                   bool                                     bFullscreen );
+
+        /// Dispose all internal references
+        void disposing();
+
+        // partial override XWindowGraphicDevice
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XBitmap > createCompatibleBitmap(
+            const css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XGraphicDevice >&  rDevice,
+            const css::geometry::IntegerSize2D&                                        size );
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XVolatileBitmap > createVolatileBitmap(
+            const css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XGraphicDevice >&  rDevice,
+            const css::geometry::IntegerSize2D&                                        size );
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XBitmap > createCompatibleAlphaBitmap(
+            const css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XGraphicDevice >&  rDevice,
+            const css::geometry::IntegerSize2D&                                        size );
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XVolatileBitmap > createVolatileAlphaBitmap(
+            const css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XGraphicDevice >&  rDevice,
+            const css::geometry::IntegerSize2D&                                        size );
+
+        void        destroyBuffers(  );
+        bool showBuffer( bool bIsVisible, bool bUpdateAll );
+        bool switchBuffer( bool bIsVisible, bool bUpdateAll );
+
+        const IDXRenderModuleSharedPtr& getRenderModule() const { return mpRenderModule; }
+        const DXSurfaceBitmapSharedPtr& getBackBuffer() const { return mpBackBuffer; }
+        const std::shared_ptr<canvas::ISurfaceProxyManager> &getSurfaceProxy() const { return mpSurfaceProxyManager; }
+
+        css::uno::Any isAccelerated() const;
+
+        void notifySizeUpdate( const css::awt::Rectangle& rBounds );
+
+        /** called when DumpScreenContent property is enabled on
+            XGraphicDevice, and writes out bitmaps of current screen.
+         */
+        void dumpScreenContent() const;
+
+    private:
+        void resizeBackBuffer( const ::basegfx::B2ISize& rNewSize );
+        HWND getHwnd() const;
+
+        /// Pointer to sprite canvas (owner of this helper), needed to create bitmaps
+        SpriteCanvas*                           mpSpriteCanvas;
+
+        DXSurfaceBitmapSharedPtr                mpBackBuffer;
+
+        /// Instance passing out HW textures
+        std::shared_ptr<canvas::ISurfaceProxyManager> mpSurfaceProxyManager;
+
+        /// Our encapsulation interface to DirectX
+        IDXRenderModuleSharedPtr                mpRenderModule;
+    };
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritehelper.cxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritehelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..135c59e3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritehelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+
+#include <basegfx/matrix/b2dhommatrix.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/numeric/ftools.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/point/b2dpoint.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/polygon/b2dpolygoncutandtouch.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/polygon/b2dpolygontools.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/polygon/b2dpolygontriangulator.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/polygon/b2dpolypolygontools.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/utils/canvastools.hxx>
+#include <rtl/math.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+
+#include <canvas/canvastools.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_canvascustomsprite.hxx"
+#include "dx_impltools.hxx"
+#include "dx_spritehelper.hxx"
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    SpriteHelper::SpriteHelper() :
+        mpSpriteCanvas(),
+        mpBitmap(),
+        mbTextureDirty( true ),
+        mbShowSpriteBounds( false )
+    {
+    }
+
+    void SpriteHelper::init( const geometry::RealSize2D&     rSpriteSize,
+                             const SpriteCanvasRef&          rSpriteCanvas,
+                             const IDXRenderModuleSharedPtr& rRenderModule,
+                             const DXSurfaceBitmapSharedPtr& rBitmap,
+                             bool                            bShowSpriteBounds )
+    {
+        ENSURE_OR_THROW( rSpriteCanvas &&
+                          rRenderModule &&
+                          rBitmap,
+                          "SpriteHelper::init(): Invalid device, sprite canvas or surface" );
+
+        mpSpriteCanvas     = rSpriteCanvas;
+        mpBitmap           = rBitmap;
+        mbTextureDirty     = true;
+        mbShowSpriteBounds = bShowSpriteBounds;
+
+        // also init base class
+        CanvasCustomSpriteHelper::init( rSpriteSize,
+                                        rSpriteCanvas );
+    }
+
+    void SpriteHelper::disposing()
+    {
+        mpBitmap.reset();
+        mpSpriteCanvas.clear();
+
+        // forward to parent
+        CanvasCustomSpriteHelper::disposing();
+    }
+
+    ::basegfx::B2DPolyPolygon SpriteHelper::polyPolygonFromXPolyPolygon2D( uno::Reference< rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >& xPoly ) const
+    {
+        return tools::polyPolygonFromXPolyPolygon2D( xPoly );
+    }
+
+    bool SpriteHelper::needRedraw() const
+    {
+        if( !mpBitmap ||
+            !mpSpriteCanvas )
+        {
+            return false; // we're disposed, no redraw necessary
+        }
+
+        if( !isActive() ||
+            ::basegfx::fTools::equalZero( getAlpha() ) )
+        {
+            return false; // sprite is invisible
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    void SpriteHelper::redraw( bool& io_bSurfaceDirty ) const
+    {
+        if( !mpBitmap ||
+            !mpSpriteCanvas )
+        {
+            return; // we're disposed
+        }
+
+        const ::basegfx::B2DPoint& rPos( getPosPixel() );
+        const double               fAlpha( getAlpha() );
+
+        if( isActive() &&
+            !::basegfx::fTools::equalZero( fAlpha ) )
+        {
+
+            // TODO(Q2): For the time being, Device does not take a target
+            // surface, but always unconditionally renders to the
+            // background buffer.
+
+            // log output pos in device pixel
+            SAL_INFO("canvas.directx", "SpriteHelper::redraw(): output pos is (" <<
+                     rPos.getX() << "," << rPos.getY() << ")" );
+
+            const ::basegfx::B2DVector&                        rSize( getSizePixel() );
+            const ::basegfx::B2DHomMatrix&                     rTransform( getTransformation() );
+            const uno::Reference< rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >& xClip( getClip() );
+
+            mbTextureDirty   = false;
+            io_bSurfaceDirty = false; // state taken, and processed.
+
+            ::basegfx::B2DPolyPolygon   aClipPath; // empty for no clip
+            bool                        bIsClipRectangular( false ); // false, if no
+                                                                    // clip, or clip
+                                                                    // is complex
+
+            // setup and apply clip (if any)
+            // =================================
+
+            if( xClip.is() )
+            {
+                aClipPath = tools::polyPolygonFromXPolyPolygon2D( xClip );
+
+                const sal_Int32 nNumClipPolygons( aClipPath.count() );
+                if( nNumClipPolygons )
+                {
+                    // TODO(P2): hold rectangle attribute directly
+                    // at the XPolyPolygon2D
+
+                    // check whether the clip is rectangular
+                    if( nNumClipPolygons == 1 )
+                        if( ::basegfx::utils::isRectangle( aClipPath.getB2DPolygon( 0 ) ) )
+                            bIsClipRectangular = true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            const ::basegfx::B2DRectangle aSourceRect( 0.0,
+                                                       0.0,
+                                                       rSize.getX(),
+                                                       rSize.getY() );
+
+            // draw simple rectangular area if no clip is set.
+            if( !aClipPath.count() )
+            {
+                mpBitmap->draw(fAlpha,rPos,rTransform);
+            }
+            else if( bIsClipRectangular )
+            {
+                // apply a simple rect clip
+                // ========================
+
+                ::basegfx::B2DRectangle aClipBounds(
+                    ::basegfx::utils::getRange( aClipPath ) );
+                aClipBounds.intersect( aSourceRect );
+
+                mpBitmap->draw(fAlpha,rPos,aClipBounds,rTransform);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // apply clip the hard way
+                // =======================
+
+                mpBitmap->draw(fAlpha,rPos,aClipPath,rTransform);
+            }
+
+            if( mbShowSpriteBounds )
+            {
+                if( aClipPath.count() )
+                {
+                    // TODO(F2): Re-enable debug output
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritehelper.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritehelper.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86e6dbaf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_spritehelper.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XCustomSprite.hpp>
+
+#include <base/canvascustomspritehelper.hxx>
+
+#include <basegfx/point/b2dpoint.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/vector/b2isize.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/matrix/b2dhommatrix.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_spritecanvas.hxx"
+#include "dx_surfacebitmap.hxx"
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    /* Definition of SpriteHelper class */
+
+    /** Helper class for canvas sprites.
+
+        This class implements all sprite-related functionality, like
+        that available on the XSprite interface.
+     */
+    class SpriteHelper : public ::canvas::CanvasCustomSpriteHelper
+    {
+    public:
+        /** Create sprite helper
+         */
+        SpriteHelper();
+
+        /** Late-init the sprite helper
+
+            @param rSpriteSize
+            Size of the sprite
+
+            @param rSpriteCanvas
+            Sprite canvas this sprite is part of. Object stores
+            ref-counted reference to it, thus, don't forget to pass on
+            disposing()!
+
+            @param rRenderModule
+            rendermodule to use
+
+            @param rSpriteSurface
+            The surface of the sprite (not the DX texture, but the
+            persistent target of content rendering)
+
+            @param bShowSpriteBounds
+            When true, little debug bound rects for sprites are shown
+         */
+        void init( const css::geometry::RealSize2D&                 rSpriteSize,
+                   const SpriteCanvasRef&                           rSpriteCanvas,
+                   const IDXRenderModuleSharedPtr&                  rRenderModule,
+                   const DXSurfaceBitmapSharedPtr&                  rBitmap,
+                   bool                                             bShowSpriteBounds );
+
+        void disposing();
+
+        /** Repaint sprite content via hardware to associated sprite
+            canvas
+
+            @param io_bSurfaceDirty
+            Input/output parameter, whether the sprite content is
+            dirty or not. If texture was updated, set to false
+
+         */
+        void redraw( bool& io_bSurfaceDirty ) const;
+
+    private:
+        virtual ::basegfx::B2DPolyPolygon polyPolygonFromXPolyPolygon2D(
+            css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >& xPoly ) const override;
+
+        /// Returns true, if the sprite _really_ needs redraw
+        bool needRedraw() const;
+
+        SpriteCanvasRef             mpSpriteCanvas;
+
+        DXSurfaceBitmapSharedPtr    mpBitmap;
+        mutable bool                mbTextureDirty;  // when true, texture needs update
+        bool                        mbShowSpriteBounds; // when true, debug bound rect for sprites is shown
+    };
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_surfacebitmap.cxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_surfacebitmap.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6e4e1248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_surfacebitmap.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,654 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/ColorComponentTag.hpp>
+
+#include <basegfx/matrix/b2dhommatrix.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/range/b2irange.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+#include <rendering/icolorbuffer.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_graphicsprovider.hxx"
+#include "dx_impltools.hxx"
+#include "dx_surfacebitmap.hxx"
+#include "dx_surfacegraphics.hxx"
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    namespace
+    {
+
+        // DXColorBuffer
+
+
+        struct DXColorBuffer : public canvas::IColorBuffer
+        {
+        public:
+            DXColorBuffer( const sal::systools::COMReference<surface_type>& rSurface,
+                           const ::basegfx::B2IVector& rSize )
+                : maSize(rSize)
+                , maLockedRect{}
+                , mpSurface(rSurface)
+            {
+            }
+
+        // implementation of the 'IColorBuffer' interface
+        public:
+
+            virtual sal_uInt8* lock() const override;
+            virtual void       unlock() const override;
+            virtual sal_uInt32 getWidth() const override;
+            virtual sal_uInt32 getHeight() const override;
+            virtual sal_uInt32 getStride() const override;
+            virtual Format     getFormat() const override;
+
+        private:
+
+            ::basegfx::B2IVector maSize;
+            mutable D3DLOCKED_RECT maLockedRect;
+            sal::systools::COMReference<surface_type> mpSurface;
+        };
+
+        sal_uInt8* DXColorBuffer::lock() const
+        {
+            if(SUCCEEDED(mpSurface->LockRect(&maLockedRect,nullptr,D3DLOCK_NOSYSLOCK|D3DLOCK_READONLY)))
+                return static_cast<sal_uInt8 *>(maLockedRect.pBits);
+            return nullptr;
+        }
+
+        void DXColorBuffer::unlock() const
+        {
+            mpSurface->UnlockRect();
+        }
+
+        sal_uInt32 DXColorBuffer::getWidth() const
+        {
+            return maSize.getX();
+        }
+
+        sal_uInt32 DXColorBuffer::getHeight() const
+        {
+            return maSize.getY();
+        }
+
+        sal_uInt32 DXColorBuffer::getStride() const
+        {
+            return maLockedRect.Pitch;
+        }
+
+        canvas::IColorBuffer::Format DXColorBuffer::getFormat() const
+        {
+            return canvas::IColorBuffer::Format::X8R8G8B8;
+        }
+
+
+        // GDIColorBuffer
+
+
+        struct GDIColorBuffer : public canvas::IColorBuffer
+        {
+        public:
+
+            GDIColorBuffer( const BitmapSharedPtr&      rSurface,
+                            const ::basegfx::B2IVector& rSize )
+                : maSize(rSize)
+                , aBmpData{}
+                , mpGDIPlusBitmap(rSurface)
+            {
+            }
+
+        // implementation of the 'IColorBuffer' interface
+        public:
+
+            virtual sal_uInt8* lock() const override;
+            virtual void       unlock() const override;
+            virtual sal_uInt32 getWidth() const override;
+            virtual sal_uInt32 getHeight() const override;
+            virtual sal_uInt32 getStride() const override;
+            virtual Format     getFormat() const override;
+
+        private:
+
+            ::basegfx::B2IVector maSize;
+            mutable Gdiplus::BitmapData aBmpData;
+            BitmapSharedPtr mpGDIPlusBitmap;
+        };
+
+        sal_uInt8* GDIColorBuffer::lock() const
+        {
+            aBmpData.Width = maSize.getX();
+            aBmpData.Height = maSize.getY();
+            aBmpData.Stride = 4*aBmpData.Width;
+            aBmpData.PixelFormat = PixelFormat32bppARGB;
+            aBmpData.Scan0 = nullptr;
+            const Gdiplus::Rect aRect( 0,0,aBmpData.Width,aBmpData.Height );
+            if( Gdiplus::Ok != mpGDIPlusBitmap->LockBits( &aRect,
+                                                          Gdiplus::ImageLockModeRead,
+                                                          PixelFormat32bppARGB,
+                                                          &aBmpData ) )
+            {
+                return nullptr;
+            }
+
+            return static_cast<sal_uInt8*>(aBmpData.Scan0);
+        }
+
+        void GDIColorBuffer::unlock() const
+        {
+            mpGDIPlusBitmap->UnlockBits( &aBmpData );
+        }
+
+        sal_uInt32 GDIColorBuffer::getWidth() const
+        {
+            return maSize.getX();
+        }
+
+        sal_uInt32 GDIColorBuffer::getHeight() const
+        {
+            return maSize.getY();
+        }
+
+        sal_uInt32 GDIColorBuffer::getStride() const
+        {
+            return aBmpData.Stride;
+        }
+
+        canvas::IColorBuffer::Format GDIColorBuffer::getFormat() const
+        {
+            return canvas::IColorBuffer::Format::A8R8G8B8;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    // DXSurfaceBitmap::DXSurfaceBitmap
+
+
+    DXSurfaceBitmap::DXSurfaceBitmap( const ::basegfx::B2IVector&                   rSize,
+                                      const std::shared_ptr<canvas::ISurfaceProxyManager>&  rMgr,
+                                      const IDXRenderModuleSharedPtr&               rRenderModule,
+                                      bool                                          bWithAlpha ) :
+        mpGdiPlusUser( GDIPlusUser::createInstance() ),
+        maSize(rSize),
+        mpRenderModule(rRenderModule),
+        mpSurfaceManager(rMgr),
+        mpSurfaceProxy(),
+        mpSurface(),
+        mpGDIPlusBitmap(),
+        mpGraphics(),
+        mpColorBuffer(),
+        mbIsSurfaceDirty(true),
+        mbAlpha(bWithAlpha)
+    {
+        init();
+    }
+
+
+    // DXSurfaceBitmap::getSize
+
+
+    ::basegfx::B2IVector DXSurfaceBitmap::getSize() const
+    {
+        return maSize;
+    }
+
+
+    // DXSurfaceBitmap::init
+
+
+    void DXSurfaceBitmap::init()
+    {
+        // create container for pixel data
+        if(mbAlpha)
+        {
+            mpGDIPlusBitmap = std::make_shared<Gdiplus::Bitmap>(
+                    maSize.getX(),
+                    maSize.getY(),
+                    PixelFormat32bppARGB
+                    );
+            mpGraphics = tools::createGraphicsFromBitmap(mpGDIPlusBitmap);
+
+            // create the colorbuffer object, which is basically a simple
+            // wrapper around the directx surface. the colorbuffer is the
+            // interface which is used by the surfaceproxy to support any
+            // kind of underlying structure for the pixel data container.
+            mpColorBuffer = std::make_shared<GDIColorBuffer>(mpGDIPlusBitmap,maSize);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            mpSurface = mpRenderModule->createSystemMemorySurface(maSize);
+
+            // create the colorbuffer object, which is basically a simple
+            // wrapper around the directx surface. the colorbuffer is the
+            // interface which is used by the surfaceproxy to support any
+            // kind of underlying structure for the pixel data container.
+            mpColorBuffer = std::make_shared<DXColorBuffer>(mpSurface,maSize);
+        }
+
+        // create a (possibly hardware accelerated) mirror surface.
+        mpSurfaceProxy = mpSurfaceManager->createSurfaceProxy(mpColorBuffer);
+    }
+
+
+    // DXSurfaceBitmap::resize
+
+
+    bool DXSurfaceBitmap::resize( const ::basegfx::B2IVector& rSize )
+    {
+        if(maSize != rSize)
+        {
+            maSize = rSize;
+            init();
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+
+    // DXSurfaceBitmap::clear
+
+
+    void DXSurfaceBitmap::clear()
+    {
+        GraphicsSharedPtr pGraphics(getGraphics());
+        Gdiplus::Color transColor(255,0,0,0);
+        pGraphics->SetCompositingMode( Gdiplus::CompositingModeSourceCopy );
+        pGraphics->Clear( transColor );
+    }
+
+
+    // DXSurfaceBitmap::hasAlpha
+
+
+    bool DXSurfaceBitmap::hasAlpha() const
+    {
+        return mbAlpha;
+    }
+
+
+    // DXSurfaceBitmap::getGraphics
+
+
+    GraphicsSharedPtr DXSurfaceBitmap::getGraphics()
+    {
+        // since clients will most probably draw directly
+        // to the GDI+ bitmap, we need to mark it as dirty
+        // to ensure that the corresponding dxsurface will
+        // be updated.
+        mbIsSurfaceDirty = true;
+
+        if(hasAlpha())
+            return mpGraphics;
+        else
+            return createSurfaceGraphics(mpSurface);
+    }
+
+
+    // DXSurfaceBitmap::getBitmap
+
+
+    BitmapSharedPtr DXSurfaceBitmap::getBitmap() const
+    {
+        if(hasAlpha())
+            return mpGDIPlusBitmap;
+
+        BitmapSharedPtr pResult;
+
+        D3DLOCKED_RECT aLockedRect;
+        if(SUCCEEDED(mpSurface->LockRect(&aLockedRect,nullptr,D3DLOCK_NOSYSLOCK|D3DLOCK_READONLY)))
+        {
+            // decide about the format we pass the gdi+, the directx surface is always
+            // 32bit, either with or without alpha component.
+            Gdiplus::PixelFormat nFormat = hasAlpha() ? PixelFormat32bppARGB : PixelFormat32bppRGB;
+
+            // construct a gdi+ bitmap from the raw pixel data.
+            pResult = std::make_shared<Gdiplus::Bitmap>( maSize.getX(),maSize.getY(),
+                                                aLockedRect.Pitch,
+                                                nFormat,
+                                                static_cast<BYTE *>(aLockedRect.pBits) );
+
+            mpSurface->UnlockRect();
+        }
+
+        return pResult;
+    }
+
+
+    // DXSurfaceBitmap::draw
+
+
+    bool DXSurfaceBitmap::draw( double                           fAlpha,
+                                const ::basegfx::B2DPoint&       rPos,
+                                const ::basegfx::B2DPolyPolygon& rClipPoly,
+                                const ::basegfx::B2DHomMatrix&   rTransform )
+    {
+        if( mbIsSurfaceDirty )
+        {
+            mpSurfaceProxy->setColorBufferDirty();
+            mbIsSurfaceDirty = false;
+        }
+
+        return mpSurfaceProxy->draw( fAlpha, rPos, rClipPoly, rTransform );
+    }
+
+
+    // DXSurfaceBitmap::draw
+
+
+    bool DXSurfaceBitmap::draw( double                         fAlpha,
+                                const ::basegfx::B2DPoint&     rPos,
+                                const ::basegfx::B2DRange&     rArea,
+                                const ::basegfx::B2DHomMatrix& rTransform )
+    {
+        if( mbIsSurfaceDirty )
+        {
+            mpSurfaceProxy->setColorBufferDirty();
+            mbIsSurfaceDirty = false;
+        }
+
+        return mpSurfaceProxy->draw( fAlpha, rPos, rArea, rTransform );
+    }
+
+
+    // DXSurfaceBitmap::draw
+
+
+    bool DXSurfaceBitmap::draw( double                         fAlpha,
+                                const ::basegfx::B2DPoint&     rPos,
+                                const ::basegfx::B2DHomMatrix& rTransform )
+    {
+        if( mbIsSurfaceDirty )
+        {
+            mpSurfaceProxy->setColorBufferDirty();
+            mbIsSurfaceDirty = false;
+        }
+
+        return mpSurfaceProxy->draw( fAlpha, rPos, rTransform );
+    }
+
+
+    // DXSurfaceBitmap::draw
+
+
+    bool DXSurfaceBitmap::draw( const ::basegfx::B2IRange& rArea )
+    {
+        if( mbIsSurfaceDirty )
+        {
+            mpSurfaceProxy->setColorBufferDirty();
+            mbIsSurfaceDirty = false;
+        }
+
+        const double                  fAlpha(1.0);
+        const ::basegfx::B2DHomMatrix aTransform;
+        const ::basegfx::B2DRange     aIEEEArea( rArea );
+        return mpSurfaceProxy->draw(fAlpha,
+                                    ::basegfx::B2DPoint(),
+                                    aIEEEArea,
+                                    aTransform);
+    }
+
+
+    // DXSurfaceBitmap::getData
+
+
+    uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > DXSurfaceBitmap::getData( rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout& rBitmapLayout,
+                                                        const geometry::IntegerRectangle2D& rect )
+    {
+        if(hasAlpha())
+        {
+            uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aRes( (rect.X2-rect.X1)*(rect.Y2-rect.Y1)*4 ); // TODO(F1): Be format-agnostic here
+
+            const Gdiplus::Rect aRect( tools::gdiPlusRectFromIntegerRectangle2D( rect ) );
+
+            Gdiplus::BitmapData aBmpData;
+            aBmpData.Width       = rect.X2-rect.X1;
+            aBmpData.Height      = rect.Y2-rect.Y1;
+            aBmpData.Stride      = 4*aBmpData.Width;
+            aBmpData.PixelFormat = PixelFormat32bppARGB;
+            aBmpData.Scan0       = aRes.getArray();
+
+            // TODO(F1): Support more pixel formats natively
+
+            // read data from bitmap
+            if( Gdiplus::Ok != mpGDIPlusBitmap->LockBits( &aRect,
+                                                Gdiplus::ImageLockModeRead | Gdiplus::ImageLockModeUserInputBuf,
+                                                PixelFormat32bppARGB, // TODO(F1): Adapt to
+                                                                           // Graphics native
+                                                                        // format/change
+                                                                        // getMemoryLayout
+                                                &aBmpData ) )
+            {
+                // failed to lock, bail out
+                return uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >();
+            }
+
+            mpGDIPlusBitmap->UnlockBits( &aBmpData );
+
+            return aRes;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            sal_uInt32 nWidth = rect.X2-rect.X1;
+            sal_uInt32 nHeight = rect.Y2-rect.Y1;
+
+            uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aRes(nWidth*nHeight*4);
+
+            D3DLOCKED_RECT aLockedRect;
+            if(FAILED(mpSurface->LockRect(&aLockedRect,nullptr,D3DLOCK_NOSYSLOCK|D3DLOCK_READONLY)))
+                return uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >();
+            D3DSURFACE_DESC aDesc;
+            if(FAILED(mpSurface->GetDesc(&aDesc)))
+                return uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >();
+
+            assert(aDesc.Format == D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8 || aDesc.Format == D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8);
+
+            sal_uInt8 *pSrc = (static_cast<BYTE *>(aLockedRect.pBits)+(rect.Y1*aLockedRect.Pitch))+rect.X1;
+            sal_uInt8 *pDst = reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8 *>(aRes.getArray());
+            sal_uInt32 nSegmentSizeInBytes = nWidth*4;
+            for(sal_uInt32 y=0; y<nHeight; ++y)
+            {
+                memcpy(pDst,pSrc,nSegmentSizeInBytes);
+                pDst += nSegmentSizeInBytes;
+                pSrc += aLockedRect.Pitch;
+            }
+
+            if(rBitmapLayout.ColorSpace->getComponentTags().getArray()[0] == rendering::ColorComponentTag::RGB_RED &&
+               rBitmapLayout.ColorSpace->getComponentTags().getArray()[2] == rendering::ColorComponentTag::RGB_BLUE)
+            {
+                pDst = reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8 *>(aRes.getArray());
+                for(sal_uInt32 y=0; y<nHeight; ++y)
+                {
+                    sal_uInt8* pPixel = pDst;
+                    for(sal_uInt32 n = 0; n<nWidth; n++)
+                    {
+                        sal_uInt8 nB = pPixel[0];
+                        pPixel[0] = pPixel[2];
+                        pPixel[2] = nB;
+                        pPixel += 4;
+                    }
+                    pDst += nSegmentSizeInBytes;
+                }
+            }
+
+            mpSurface->UnlockRect();
+            return aRes;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    // DXSurfaceBitmap::setData
+
+
+    void DXSurfaceBitmap::setData( const uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >&      data,
+                                   const rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout& /*bitmapLayout*/,
+                                   const geometry::IntegerRectangle2D&   rect )
+    {
+        if(hasAlpha())
+        {
+            const Gdiplus::Rect aRect( tools::gdiPlusRectFromIntegerRectangle2D( rect ) );
+
+            Gdiplus::BitmapData aBmpData;
+            aBmpData.Width       = rect.X2-rect.X1;
+            aBmpData.Height      = rect.Y2-rect.Y1;
+            aBmpData.Stride      = 4*aBmpData.Width;
+            aBmpData.PixelFormat = PixelFormat32bppARGB;
+            aBmpData.Scan0       = const_cast<sal_Int8 *>(data.getConstArray());
+
+            // TODO(F1): Support more pixel formats natively
+
+            if( Gdiplus::Ok != mpGDIPlusBitmap->LockBits( &aRect,
+                                                Gdiplus::ImageLockModeWrite | Gdiplus::ImageLockModeUserInputBuf,
+                                                PixelFormat32bppARGB, // TODO: Adapt to
+                                                                           // Graphics native
+                                                                          // format/change
+                                                                          // getMemoryLayout
+                                                &aBmpData ) )
+            {
+                throw uno::RuntimeException("GDIPlus method call was unsuccessful, problem with locking bitmap aRect object");
+            }
+
+            // commit data to bitmap
+            mpGDIPlusBitmap->UnlockBits( &aBmpData );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            sal_uInt32 nWidth = rect.X2-rect.X1;
+            sal_uInt32 nHeight = rect.Y2-rect.Y1;
+
+            // lock the directx surface to receive the pointer to the surface memory.
+            D3DLOCKED_RECT aLockedRect;
+            if(FAILED(mpSurface->LockRect(&aLockedRect,nullptr,D3DLOCK_NOSYSLOCK|D3DLOCK_READONLY)))
+                throw uno::RuntimeException("failed to lock directx surface to surface memory");
+
+            sal_uInt8 const *pSrc = reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8 const *>(data.getConstArray());
+            sal_uInt8 *pDst = (static_cast<BYTE *>(aLockedRect.pBits)+(rect.Y1*aLockedRect.Pitch))+rect.X1;
+            sal_uInt32 nSegmentSizeInBytes = nWidth<<4;
+            for(sal_uInt32 y=0; y<nHeight; ++y)
+            {
+                memcpy(pDst,pSrc,nSegmentSizeInBytes);
+                pSrc += nSegmentSizeInBytes;
+                pDst += aLockedRect.Pitch;
+            }
+
+            mpSurface->UnlockRect();
+        }
+
+        mbIsSurfaceDirty = true;
+    }
+
+
+    // DXSurfaceBitmap::setPixel
+
+
+    void DXSurfaceBitmap::setPixel( const uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >&      color,
+                                    const rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout& /*bitmapLayout*/,
+                                    const geometry::IntegerPoint2D&       pos )
+    {
+        if(hasAlpha())
+        {
+            const geometry::IntegerSize2D aSize( maSize.getX(),maSize.getY() );
+
+            ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( pos.X >= 0 && pos.X < aSize.Width,
+                            "CanvasHelper::setPixel: X coordinate out of bounds" );
+            ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( pos.Y >= 0 && pos.Y < aSize.Height,
+                            "CanvasHelper::setPixel: Y coordinate out of bounds" );
+            ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( color.getLength() > 3,
+                            "CanvasHelper::setPixel: not enough color components" );
+
+            if( Gdiplus::Ok != mpGDIPlusBitmap->SetPixel( pos.X, pos.Y,
+                                                Gdiplus::Color( tools::sequenceToArgb( color ))))
+            {
+                throw uno::RuntimeException("Problem with setting the color of bitmap object");
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( pos.X >= 0 && pos.X < maSize.getX(),
+                            "CanvasHelper::setPixel: X coordinate out of bounds" );
+            ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( pos.Y >= 0 && pos.Y < maSize.getY(),
+                            "CanvasHelper::setPixel: Y coordinate out of bounds" );
+            ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( color.getLength() > 3,
+                            "CanvasHelper::setPixel: not enough color components" );
+
+            Gdiplus::Color aColor(tools::sequenceToArgb(color));
+
+            // lock the directx surface to receive the pointer to the surface memory.
+            D3DLOCKED_RECT aLockedRect;
+            if(FAILED(mpSurface->LockRect(&aLockedRect,nullptr,D3DLOCK_NOSYSLOCK|D3DLOCK_READONLY)))
+                throw uno::RuntimeException("cannot lock the directx surface to surface memory");
+
+            sal_uInt32 *pDst = reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt32 *>((static_cast<BYTE *>(aLockedRect.pBits)+(pos.Y*aLockedRect.Pitch))+pos.X);
+            *pDst = aColor.GetValue();
+            mpSurface->UnlockRect();
+        }
+
+        mbIsSurfaceDirty = true;
+    }
+
+
+    // DXSurfaceBitmap::getPixel
+
+
+    uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > DXSurfaceBitmap::getPixel( rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout&   /*bitmapLayout*/,
+                                                         const geometry::IntegerPoint2D&   pos )
+    {
+        if(hasAlpha())
+        {
+            const geometry::IntegerSize2D aSize( maSize.getX(),maSize.getY() );
+
+            ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( pos.X >= 0 && pos.X < aSize.Width,
+                            "CanvasHelper::getPixel: X coordinate out of bounds" );
+            ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( pos.Y >= 0 && pos.Y < aSize.Height,
+                            "CanvasHelper::getPixel: Y coordinate out of bounds" );
+
+            Gdiplus::Color aColor;
+
+            if( Gdiplus::Ok != mpGDIPlusBitmap->GetPixel( pos.X, pos.Y, &aColor ) )
+                return uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >();
+
+            return tools::argbToIntSequence(aColor.GetValue());
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( pos.X >= 0 && pos.X < maSize.getX(),
+                            "CanvasHelper::getPixel: X coordinate out of bounds" );
+            ENSURE_ARG_OR_THROW( pos.Y >= 0 && pos.Y < maSize.getY(),
+                            "CanvasHelper::getPixel: Y coordinate out of bounds" );
+
+            // lock the directx surface to receive the pointer to the surface memory.
+            D3DLOCKED_RECT aLockedRect;
+            if(FAILED(mpSurface->LockRect(&aLockedRect,nullptr,D3DLOCK_NOSYSLOCK|D3DLOCK_READONLY)))
+                throw uno::RuntimeException("failed to lock directX surface to surface memory");
+
+            sal_uInt32 *pDst = reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt32 *>((static_cast<BYTE *>(aLockedRect.pBits)+(pos.Y*aLockedRect.Pitch))+pos.X);
+            Gdiplus::Color aColor(*pDst);
+            mpSurface->UnlockRect();
+
+            return tools::argbToIntSequence(aColor.GetValue());
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_surfacebitmap.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_surfacebitmap.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec71f4823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_surfacebitmap.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <rendering/isurfaceproxy.hxx>
+#include <rendering/isurfaceproxymanager.hxx>
+#include "dx_ibitmap.hxx"
+#include "dx_canvasfont.hxx"
+#include "dx_gdiplususer.hxx"
+#include "dx_rendermodule.hxx"
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    class DXSurfaceBitmap : public IBitmap
+    {
+    public:
+        DXSurfaceBitmap( const ::basegfx::B2IVector&                    rSize,
+                         const std::shared_ptr<canvas::ISurfaceProxyManager>&   rMgr,
+                         const IDXRenderModuleSharedPtr&                rRenderModule,
+                         bool                                           bWithAlpha );
+
+        bool resize( const ::basegfx::B2IVector& rSize );
+        void clear();
+
+        virtual GraphicsSharedPtr         getGraphics() override;
+
+        virtual BitmapSharedPtr           getBitmap() const override;
+        virtual ::basegfx::B2IVector      getSize() const override;
+        virtual bool                      hasAlpha() const override;
+
+        sal::systools::COMReference<surface_type> getSurface() const { return mpSurface; }
+
+        bool draw( double                           fAlpha,
+                   const ::basegfx::B2DPoint&       rPos,
+                   const ::basegfx::B2DHomMatrix&   rTransform );
+
+        bool draw( const ::basegfx::B2IRange&       rArea );
+
+        bool draw( double                           fAlpha,
+                   const ::basegfx::B2DPoint&       rPos,
+                   const ::basegfx::B2DRange&       rArea,
+                   const ::basegfx::B2DHomMatrix&   rTransform );
+
+        bool draw( double                           fAlpha,
+                   const ::basegfx::B2DPoint&       rPos,
+                   const ::basegfx::B2DPolyPolygon& rClipPoly,
+                   const ::basegfx::B2DHomMatrix&   rTransform );
+
+        virtual css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > getData(
+            css::rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout&       bitmapLayout,
+            const css::geometry::IntegerRectangle2D&   rect ) override;
+
+        virtual void setData(
+            const css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >&      data,
+            const css::rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout& bitmapLayout,
+            const css::geometry::IntegerRectangle2D&   rect ) override;
+
+        virtual void setPixel(
+            const css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >&      color,
+            const css::rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout& bitmapLayout,
+            const css::geometry::IntegerPoint2D&       pos ) override;
+
+        virtual css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > getPixel(
+            css::rendering::IntegerBitmapLayout&       bitmapLayout,
+            const css::geometry::IntegerPoint2D&       pos ) override;
+
+    private:
+        void init();
+
+        // Refcounted global GDI+ state container
+        GDIPlusUserSharedPtr mpGdiPlusUser;
+
+        // size of this image in pixels [integral unit]
+        ::basegfx::B2IVector maSize;
+
+        // pointer to the rendermodule, needed to create surfaces
+        // which are used as container for the actual pixel data.
+        // generally we could use any kind of storage, but GDI+
+        // is not willing to render antialiased fonts unless we
+        // use this special kind of container, don't ask me why...
+        IDXRenderModuleSharedPtr mpRenderModule;
+
+        // pointer to the surface manager, needed in case clients
+        // want to resize the bitmap.
+        std::shared_ptr<canvas::ISurfaceProxyManager> mpSurfaceManager;
+
+        // access point to the surface proxy which handles
+        // the hardware-dependent rendering stuff.
+        std::shared_ptr< canvas::ISurfaceProxy > mpSurfaceProxy;
+
+        // container for pixel data, we need to use a directx
+        // surface since GDI+ sucks...
+        sal::systools::COMReference<surface_type> mpSurface;
+
+        // since GDI+ does not work correctly in case we
+        // run on a 16bit display [don't ask me why] we need
+        // to occasionally render to a native GDI+ bitmap.
+        BitmapSharedPtr mpGDIPlusBitmap;
+        // Graphics for the mpGDIPlusBitmap
+        GraphicsSharedPtr mpGraphics;
+
+        // internal implementation of the iColorBuffer interface
+        std::shared_ptr<canvas::IColorBuffer> mpColorBuffer;
+
+        // indicates whether the associated surface needs
+        // to refresh its contents or not. in other words,
+        // this flag is set iff both representations are
+        // out of sync.
+        mutable bool mbIsSurfaceDirty;
+
+        // true if the bitmap contains an alpha channel
+        bool mbAlpha;
+    };
+
+    typedef std::shared_ptr< DXSurfaceBitmap > DXSurfaceBitmapSharedPtr;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_surfacegraphics.cxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_surfacegraphics.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..075f2fc15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_surfacegraphics.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include "dx_impltools.hxx"
+#include "dx_surfacegraphics.hxx"
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    namespace
+    {
+        struct GraphicsDeleter
+        {
+            sal::systools::COMReference<surface_type> mpSurface;
+            HDC                        maHDC;
+
+            GraphicsDeleter(const sal::systools::COMReference<surface_type>& rSurface, HDC hdc) :
+                mpSurface(rSurface),
+                maHDC(hdc)
+            {}
+
+            void operator()( Gdiplus::Graphics* pGraphics )
+            {
+                if(!pGraphics)
+                    return;
+
+                pGraphics->Flush(Gdiplus::FlushIntentionSync);
+                delete pGraphics;
+
+                if(mpSurface.is())
+                    mpSurface->ReleaseDC( maHDC );
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    GraphicsSharedPtr createSurfaceGraphics(const sal::systools::COMReference<surface_type>& rSurface )
+    {
+        GraphicsSharedPtr  pRet;
+        HDC aHDC;
+        if( SUCCEEDED(rSurface->GetDC( &aHDC )) )
+        {
+            Gdiplus::Graphics* pGraphics = Gdiplus::Graphics::FromHDC( aHDC );
+            if(pGraphics)
+            {
+                tools::setupGraphics( *pGraphics );
+                pRet.reset(pGraphics,
+                           GraphicsDeleter(rSurface, aHDC));
+                return pRet;
+            }
+            else
+                rSurface->ReleaseDC( aHDC );
+        }
+
+        throw uno::RuntimeException("could not get the DC to rSurface");
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_surfacegraphics.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_surfacegraphics.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4260383e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_surfacegraphics.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "dx_graphicsprovider.hxx"
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+/** Container providing a Gdiplus::Graphics for a Surface
+
+    This wrapper class transparently handles allocation and
+    release of surface resources the RAII way (the
+    GraphicsSharedPtr returned has a deleter that does all the
+    necessary DX cleanup work).
+*/
+GraphicsSharedPtr createSurfaceGraphics(const sal::systools::COMReference<surface_type>& rSurface);
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_textlayout.cxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_textlayout.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..452b0d48e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_textlayout.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,232 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+
+#include <basegfx/matrix/b2dhommatrix.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/numeric/ftools.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_bitmap.hxx"
+#include "dx_spritecanvas.hxx"
+#include "dx_textlayout.hxx"
+#include "dx_textlayout_drawhelper.hxx"
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    TextLayout::TextLayout( const rendering::StringContext&     aText,
+                            sal_Int8                            nDirection,
+                            sal_Int64                           /*nRandomSeed*/,
+                            const CanvasFont::ImplRef&          rFont ) :
+        TextLayout_Base( m_aMutex ),
+        maText( aText ),
+        maLogicalAdvancements(),
+        mpFont( rFont ),
+        mnTextDirection( nDirection )
+    {
+    }
+
+    TextLayout::~TextLayout()
+    {
+    }
+
+    void SAL_CALL TextLayout::disposing()
+    {
+        mpFont.clear();
+    }
+
+    // XTextLayout
+    uno::Sequence< uno::Reference< rendering::XPolyPolygon2D > > SAL_CALL TextLayout::queryTextShapes(  )
+    {
+        // TODO
+        return uno::Sequence< uno::Reference< rendering::XPolyPolygon2D > >();
+    }
+
+    uno::Sequence< geometry::RealRectangle2D > SAL_CALL TextLayout::queryInkMeasures(  )
+    {
+        // TODO
+        return uno::Sequence< geometry::RealRectangle2D >();
+    }
+
+    uno::Sequence< geometry::RealRectangle2D > SAL_CALL TextLayout::queryMeasures(  )
+    {
+        // TODO
+        return uno::Sequence< geometry::RealRectangle2D >();
+    }
+
+    uno::Sequence< double > SAL_CALL TextLayout::queryLogicalAdvancements(  )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        return maLogicalAdvancements;
+    }
+
+    void SAL_CALL TextLayout::applyLogicalAdvancements( const uno::Sequence< double >& aAdvancements )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        if( aAdvancements.getLength() != maText.Length )
+        {
+            SAL_WARN("canvas.directx", "TextLayout::applyLogicalAdvancements(): mismatching number of advancements" );
+            throw lang::IllegalArgumentException();
+        }
+
+        maLogicalAdvancements = aAdvancements;
+    }
+
+    geometry::RealRectangle2D SAL_CALL TextLayout::queryTextBounds( )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        uno::Reference< rendering::XGraphicDevice > xGraphicDevice;
+        ::dxcanvas::TextLayoutDrawHelper aDrawHelper(xGraphicDevice);
+
+        // render text
+        const geometry::RealRectangle2D aBounds(
+            aDrawHelper.queryTextBounds(
+                maText,
+                maLogicalAdvancements,
+                mpFont,
+                mpFont->getFontMatrix()));
+
+        return aBounds;
+    }
+
+    double SAL_CALL TextLayout::justify( double /*nSize*/ )
+    {
+        // TODO
+        return 0.0;
+    }
+
+    double SAL_CALL TextLayout::combinedJustify( const uno::Sequence< uno::Reference< rendering::XTextLayout > >& /*aNextLayouts*/,
+                                                 double /*nSize*/ )
+    {
+        // TODO
+        return 0.0;
+    }
+
+    rendering::TextHit SAL_CALL TextLayout::getTextHit( const geometry::RealPoint2D& /*aHitPoint*/ )
+    {
+        // TODO
+        return rendering::TextHit();
+    }
+
+    rendering::Caret SAL_CALL TextLayout::getCaret( sal_Int32 /*nInsertionIndex*/,
+                                                    sal_Bool /*bExcludeLigatures*/ )
+    {
+        // TODO
+        return rendering::Caret();
+    }
+
+    sal_Int32 SAL_CALL TextLayout::getNextInsertionIndex( sal_Int32 /*nStartIndex*/,
+                                                          sal_Int32 /*nCaretAdvancement*/,
+                                                          sal_Bool /*bExcludeLigatures*/ )
+    {
+        // TODO
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XPolyPolygon2D > SAL_CALL TextLayout::queryVisualHighlighting( sal_Int32 /*nStartIndex*/,
+                                                                                              sal_Int32 /*nEndIndex*/ )
+    {
+        // TODO
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >();
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XPolyPolygon2D > SAL_CALL TextLayout::queryLogicalHighlighting( sal_Int32 /*nStartIndex*/,
+                                                                                               sal_Int32 /*nEndIndex*/ )
+    {
+        // TODO
+        return uno::Reference< rendering::XPolyPolygon2D >();
+    }
+
+    double SAL_CALL TextLayout::getBaselineOffset(  )
+    {
+        // TODO
+        return 0.0;
+    }
+
+    sal_Int8 SAL_CALL TextLayout::getMainTextDirection(  )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        return mnTextDirection;
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< rendering::XCanvasFont > SAL_CALL TextLayout::getFont(  )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        return mpFont;
+    }
+
+    rendering::StringContext SAL_CALL TextLayout::getText(  )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        return maText;
+    }
+
+    bool TextLayout::draw( const GraphicsSharedPtr&                           rGraphics,
+                           const rendering::ViewState&                        rViewState,
+                           const rendering::RenderState&                      rRenderState,
+                           const ::basegfx::B2ISize&                          rOutputOffset,
+                           const uno::Reference< rendering::XGraphicDevice >& xGraphicDevice,
+                           bool                                               bAlphaSurface ) const
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        ::dxcanvas::TextLayoutDrawHelper aDrawHelper(xGraphicDevice);
+
+        // render text
+        aDrawHelper.drawText(
+            rGraphics,
+            rViewState,
+            rRenderState,
+            rOutputOffset,
+            maText,
+            maLogicalAdvancements,
+            mpFont,
+            mpFont->getFontMatrix(),
+            bAlphaSurface,
+            mnTextDirection != 0);
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    OUString SAL_CALL TextLayout::getImplementationName()
+    {
+        return "DXCanvas::TextLayout";
+    }
+
+    sal_Bool SAL_CALL TextLayout::supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName )
+    {
+        return cppu::supportsService( this, ServiceName );
+    }
+
+    uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL TextLayout::getSupportedServiceNames()
+    {
+        return { "com.sun.star.rendering.TextLayout" };
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_textlayout.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_textlayout.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24d37e210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_textlayout.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cppuhelper/compbase.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/basemutex.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XTextLayout.hpp>
+
+#include <basegfx/vector/b2isize.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_canvasfont.hxx"
+#include "dx_ibitmap.hxx"
+#include "dx_winstuff.hxx"
+#include "dx_gdiplususer.hxx"
+
+
+/* Definition of TextLayout class */
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    typedef ::cppu::WeakComponentImplHelper< css::rendering::XTextLayout,
+                                             css::lang::XServiceInfo > TextLayout_Base;
+
+    class TextLayout : public ::cppu::BaseMutex,
+                       public TextLayout_Base
+    {
+    public:
+        TextLayout( const css::rendering::StringContext& aText,
+                    sal_Int8                                                  nDirection,
+                    sal_Int64                                                 nRandomSeed,
+                    const CanvasFont::ImplRef&                                rFont );
+        /// make noncopyable
+        TextLayout(const TextLayout&) = delete;
+        const TextLayout& operator=(const TextLayout&) = delete;
+
+        /// Dispose all internal references
+        virtual void SAL_CALL disposing() override;
+
+        // XTextLayout
+        virtual css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XPolyPolygon2D > > SAL_CALL queryTextShapes(  ) override;
+        virtual css::uno::Sequence< css::geometry::RealRectangle2D > SAL_CALL queryInkMeasures(  ) override;
+        virtual css::uno::Sequence< css::geometry::RealRectangle2D > SAL_CALL queryMeasures(  ) override;
+        virtual css::uno::Sequence< double > SAL_CALL queryLogicalAdvancements(  ) override;
+        virtual void SAL_CALL applyLogicalAdvancements( const css::uno::Sequence< double >& aAdvancements ) override;
+        virtual css::geometry::RealRectangle2D SAL_CALL queryTextBounds(  ) override;
+        virtual double SAL_CALL justify( double nSize ) override;
+        virtual double SAL_CALL combinedJustify( const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XTextLayout > >& aNextLayouts, double nSize ) override;
+        virtual css::rendering::TextHit SAL_CALL getTextHit( const css::geometry::RealPoint2D& aHitPoint ) override;
+        virtual css::rendering::Caret SAL_CALL getCaret( sal_Int32 nInsertionIndex, sal_Bool bExcludeLigatures ) override;
+        virtual sal_Int32 SAL_CALL getNextInsertionIndex( sal_Int32 nStartIndex, sal_Int32 nCaretAdvancement, sal_Bool bExcludeLigatures ) override;
+        virtual css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XPolyPolygon2D > SAL_CALL queryVisualHighlighting( sal_Int32 nStartIndex, sal_Int32 nEndIndex ) override;
+        virtual css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XPolyPolygon2D > SAL_CALL queryLogicalHighlighting( sal_Int32 nStartIndex, sal_Int32 nEndIndex ) override;
+        virtual double SAL_CALL getBaselineOffset(  ) override;
+        virtual sal_Int8 SAL_CALL getMainTextDirection(  ) override;
+        virtual css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XCanvasFont > SAL_CALL getFont(  ) override;
+        virtual css::rendering::StringContext SAL_CALL getText(  ) override;
+
+        // XServiceInfo
+        virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName() override;
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName ) override;
+        virtual css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames() override;
+
+        bool draw( const GraphicsSharedPtr&                              rGraphics,
+                   const css::rendering::ViewState&         rViewState,
+                   const css::rendering::RenderState&       rRenderState,
+                   const ::basegfx::B2ISize&                             rOutputOffset,
+                   const css::uno::Reference<
+                   css::rendering::XGraphicDevice >&        xGraphicDevice,
+                   bool                                                  bAlphaSurface ) const;
+
+    protected:
+        ~TextLayout() override; // we're a ref-counted UNO class. _We_ destroy ourselves.
+
+    private:
+        // NOTE: no need for GDIPlusUserSharedPtr, mpFont implicitly has one already
+
+        css::rendering::StringContext              maText;
+        css::uno::Sequence< double >               maLogicalAdvancements;
+        CanvasFont::ImplRef                        mpFont;
+        sal_Int8                                   mnTextDirection;
+    };
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_textlayout_drawhelper.cxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_textlayout_drawhelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20ff8bd44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_textlayout_drawhelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,311 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <basegfx/matrix/b2dhommatrix.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/polygon/b2dpolypolygon.hxx>
+#include <basegfx/utils/canvastools.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/FontRequest.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/PanoseProportion.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XCanvasFont.hpp>
+#include <comphelper/scopeguard.hxx>
+#include <i18nlangtag/languagetag.hxx>
+#include <rtl/math.hxx>
+#include <tools/color.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+#include <tools/poly.hxx>
+#include <vcl/canvastools.hxx>
+#include <vcl/metric.hxx>
+#include <vcl/sysdata.hxx>
+#include <vcl/virdev.hxx>
+
+#include <canvas/canvastools.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_bitmap.hxx"
+#include "dx_canvasfont.hxx"
+#include "dx_impltools.hxx"
+#include "dx_textlayout_drawhelper.hxx"
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    TextLayoutDrawHelper::TextLayoutDrawHelper(
+        const uno::Reference< rendering::XGraphicDevice >& xGraphicDevice ) :
+            mxGraphicDevice(xGraphicDevice)
+    {
+    }
+
+    TextLayoutDrawHelper::~TextLayoutDrawHelper()
+    {
+    }
+
+    void TextLayoutDrawHelper::drawText(
+        const std::shared_ptr<Gdiplus::Graphics>& rGraphics,
+        const css::rendering::ViewState&       rViewState,
+        const css::rendering::RenderState&     rRenderState,
+        const ::basegfx::B2ISize&              rOutputOffset,
+        const css::rendering::StringContext&   rText,
+        const css::uno::Sequence< double >&    rLogicalAdvancements,
+        const css::uno::Reference<
+            css::rendering::XCanvasFont >&     rCanvasFont,
+        const css::geometry::Matrix2D&         rFontMatrix,
+        bool                                   bAlphaSurface,
+        bool bIsRTL)
+    {
+        HDC hdc = rGraphics->GetHDC();
+
+        // issue a ReleaseHDC() when leaving the scope
+        const ::comphelper::ScopeGuard aGuard(
+            [&rGraphics, &hdc]() mutable { rGraphics->ReleaseHDC(hdc); } );
+
+        SystemGraphicsData aSystemGraphicsData;
+        aSystemGraphicsData.nSize = sizeof(SystemGraphicsData);
+        aSystemGraphicsData.hDC = reinterpret_cast< ::HDC >(hdc);
+        ScopedVclPtrInstance<VirtualDevice> xVirtualDevice(aSystemGraphicsData, Size(1, 1), DeviceFormat::DEFAULT);
+
+        // disable font antialiasing - GDI does not handle alpha
+        // surfaces properly.
+        if( bAlphaSurface )
+            xVirtualDevice->SetAntialiasing(AntialiasingFlags::DisableText);
+
+        if(rText.Length)
+        {
+            bool test = mxGraphicDevice.is();
+            ENSURE_OR_THROW( test,
+                              "TextLayoutDrawHelper::drawText(): Invalid GraphicDevice" );
+
+            // set text color. Make sure to remove transparence part first.
+            Color aColor( COL_WHITE );
+
+            if( rRenderState.DeviceColor.getLength() > 2 )
+                aColor = vcl::unotools::doubleSequenceToColor(
+                    rRenderState.DeviceColor,
+                    mxGraphicDevice->getDeviceColorSpace());
+            aColor.SetAlpha(255);
+            xVirtualDevice->SetTextColor(aColor);
+
+            // create the font
+            const css::rendering::FontRequest& rFontRequest = rCanvasFont->getFontRequest();
+            vcl::Font aFont(
+                rFontRequest.FontDescription.FamilyName,
+                rFontRequest.FontDescription.StyleName,
+                Size( 0, ::basegfx::fround(rFontRequest.CellSize)));
+
+            aFont.SetAlignment( ALIGN_BASELINE );
+            aFont.SetCharSet( (rFontRequest.FontDescription.IsSymbolFont==css::util::TriState_YES) ? RTL_TEXTENCODING_SYMBOL : RTL_TEXTENCODING_UNICODE );
+            aFont.SetVertical( rFontRequest.FontDescription.IsVertical==css::util::TriState_YES );
+            aFont.SetWeight( static_cast<FontWeight>(rFontRequest.FontDescription.FontDescription.Weight) );
+            aFont.SetItalic( (rFontRequest.FontDescription.FontDescription.Letterform<=8) ? ITALIC_NONE : ITALIC_NORMAL );
+            aFont.SetPitch(
+                    rFontRequest.FontDescription.FontDescription.Proportion == rendering::PanoseProportion::MONO_SPACED
+                    ? PITCH_FIXED : PITCH_VARIABLE);
+
+            aFont.SetLanguage(LanguageTag::convertToLanguageType(rFontRequest.Locale));
+
+            // setup font color
+            aFont.SetColor( aColor );
+            aFont.SetFillColor( aColor );
+
+            CanvasFont::ImplRef pFont(tools::canvasFontFromXFont(rCanvasFont));
+            if (pFont.is() && pFont->getEmphasisMark())
+                aFont.SetEmphasisMark(FontEmphasisMark(pFont->getEmphasisMark()));
+
+            // adjust to stretched font
+            if(!::rtl::math::approxEqual(rFontMatrix.m00, rFontMatrix.m11))
+            {
+                const Size aSize = xVirtualDevice->GetFontMetric( aFont ).GetFontSize();
+                const double fDividend( rFontMatrix.m10 + rFontMatrix.m11 );
+                double fStretch = rFontMatrix.m00 + rFontMatrix.m01;
+
+                if( !::basegfx::fTools::equalZero( fDividend) )
+                    fStretch /= fDividend;
+
+                const sal_Int32 nNewWidth = ::basegfx::fround( aSize.Width() * fStretch );
+
+                aFont.SetAverageFontWidth( nNewWidth );
+            }
+
+            // set font
+            xVirtualDevice->SetFont(aFont);
+
+            // create world transformation matrix
+            ::basegfx::B2DHomMatrix aWorldTransform;
+            ::canvas::tools::mergeViewAndRenderTransform(aWorldTransform, rViewState, rRenderState);
+
+            if(!rOutputOffset.equalZero())
+            {
+                aWorldTransform.translate(rOutputOffset.getX(), rOutputOffset.getY());
+            }
+
+            // set ViewState clipping
+            if(rViewState.Clip.is())
+            {
+                ::basegfx::B2DPolyPolygon aClipPoly(dxcanvas::tools::polyPolygonFromXPolyPolygon2D(rViewState.Clip));
+                ::basegfx::B2DHomMatrix aMatrix;
+                ::basegfx::unotools::homMatrixFromAffineMatrix(aMatrix, rViewState.AffineTransform );
+
+                if(!rOutputOffset.equalZero())
+                {
+                    aMatrix.translate(rOutputOffset.getX(), rOutputOffset.getY());
+                }
+
+                aClipPoly.transform(aMatrix);
+                const vcl::Region& rClipRegion = vcl::Region(::tools::PolyPolygon(aClipPoly));
+                xVirtualDevice->IntersectClipRegion(rClipRegion);
+            }
+
+            if(rRenderState.Clip.is())
+            {
+                ::basegfx::B2DPolyPolygon aClipPoly(dxcanvas::tools::polyPolygonFromXPolyPolygon2D(rRenderState.Clip));
+                aClipPoly.transform(aWorldTransform);
+                const vcl::Region& rClipRegion = vcl::Region(::tools::PolyPolygon(aClipPoly));
+                xVirtualDevice->IntersectClipRegion(rClipRegion);
+            }
+
+            // set world transform
+            XFORM aXForm;
+            aXForm.eM11 = static_cast<FLOAT>(aWorldTransform.get(0, 0));
+            aXForm.eM12 = static_cast<FLOAT>(aWorldTransform.get(1, 0));
+            aXForm.eM21 = static_cast<FLOAT>(aWorldTransform.get(0, 1));
+            aXForm.eM22 = static_cast<FLOAT>(aWorldTransform.get(1, 1));
+            aXForm.eDx = static_cast<FLOAT>(aWorldTransform.get(0, 2));
+            aXForm.eDy = static_cast<FLOAT>(aWorldTransform.get(1, 2));
+
+            // TODO(F3): This is NOT supported on 95/98/ME!
+            SetGraphicsMode(hdc, GM_ADVANCED);
+            SetTextAlign(hdc, TA_BASELINE);
+            SetWorldTransform(hdc, &aXForm);
+
+            // use an empty StartPosition for text rendering
+            const Point aEmptyPoint(0, 0);
+
+            // create the String
+            const OUString aText(rText.Text);
+
+            if( rLogicalAdvancements.getLength() )
+            {
+                // create the DXArray
+                const sal_Int32 nLen( rLogicalAdvancements.getLength() );
+                std::vector<sal_Int32> DXArray( nLen );
+                for( sal_Int32 i=0; i<nLen; ++i )
+                    DXArray[i] = basegfx::fround( rLogicalAdvancements[i] );
+
+                // draw the String
+                xVirtualDevice->DrawTextArray( aEmptyPoint,
+                                              aText,
+                                              DXArray,
+                                              rText.StartPosition,
+                                              rText.Length,
+                                              bIsRTL ? SalLayoutFlags::BiDiRtl : SalLayoutFlags::NONE);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // draw the String
+                xVirtualDevice->DrawText( aEmptyPoint,
+                                         aText,
+                                         rText.StartPosition,
+                                         rText.Length );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    geometry::RealRectangle2D TextLayoutDrawHelper::queryTextBounds( const rendering::StringContext&                    rText,
+                                                                     const uno::Sequence< double >&                     rLogicalAdvancements,
+                                                                     const uno::Reference< rendering::XCanvasFont >&    rCanvasFont,
+                                                                     const geometry::Matrix2D&                          rFontMatrix )
+    {
+        if(!(rText.Length))
+            return geometry::RealRectangle2D();
+
+        // TODO(F1): Fetching default screen DC here, will yield wrong
+        // metrics when e.g. formatting for a printer!
+        SystemGraphicsData aSystemGraphicsData;
+        aSystemGraphicsData.nSize = sizeof(SystemGraphicsData);
+        aSystemGraphicsData.hDC = reinterpret_cast< ::HDC >(GetDC( nullptr ));
+        ScopedVclPtrInstance<VirtualDevice> xVirtualDevice(aSystemGraphicsData, Size(1, 1), DeviceFormat::DEFAULT);
+
+        // create the font
+        const css::rendering::FontRequest& rFontRequest = rCanvasFont->getFontRequest();
+        vcl::Font aFont(
+            rFontRequest.FontDescription.FamilyName,
+            rFontRequest.FontDescription.StyleName,
+            Size( 0, ::basegfx::fround(rFontRequest.CellSize)));
+
+        aFont.SetAlignment( ALIGN_BASELINE );
+        aFont.SetCharSet( (rFontRequest.FontDescription.IsSymbolFont==css::util::TriState_YES) ? RTL_TEXTENCODING_SYMBOL : RTL_TEXTENCODING_UNICODE );
+        aFont.SetVertical( rFontRequest.FontDescription.IsVertical==css::util::TriState_YES );
+        aFont.SetWeight( static_cast<FontWeight>(rFontRequest.FontDescription.FontDescription.Weight) );
+        aFont.SetItalic( (rFontRequest.FontDescription.FontDescription.Letterform<=8) ? ITALIC_NONE : ITALIC_NORMAL );
+        aFont.SetPitch(
+                rFontRequest.FontDescription.FontDescription.Proportion == rendering::PanoseProportion::MONO_SPACED
+                ? PITCH_FIXED : PITCH_VARIABLE);
+
+        // adjust to stretched font
+        if(!::rtl::math::approxEqual(rFontMatrix.m00, rFontMatrix.m11))
+        {
+            const Size aSize = xVirtualDevice->GetFontMetric( aFont ).GetFontSize();
+            const double fDividend( rFontMatrix.m10 + rFontMatrix.m11 );
+            double fStretch = rFontMatrix.m00 + rFontMatrix.m01;
+
+            if( !::basegfx::fTools::equalZero( fDividend) )
+                fStretch /= fDividend;
+
+            const sal_Int32 nNewWidth = ::basegfx::fround( aSize.Width() * fStretch );
+
+            aFont.SetAverageFontWidth( nNewWidth );
+        }
+
+        CanvasFont::ImplRef pFont(tools::canvasFontFromXFont(rCanvasFont));
+        if (pFont.is() && pFont->getEmphasisMark())
+            aFont.SetEmphasisMark(FontEmphasisMark(pFont->getEmphasisMark()));
+
+        // set font
+        xVirtualDevice->SetFont(aFont);
+
+        // need metrics for Y offset, the XCanvas always renders
+        // relative to baseline
+        const ::FontMetric& aMetric( xVirtualDevice->GetFontMetric() );
+
+        const sal_Int32 nAboveBaseline( -aMetric.GetInternalLeading() - aMetric.GetAscent() );
+        const sal_Int32 nBelowBaseline( aMetric.GetDescent() );
+
+        if( rLogicalAdvancements.getLength() )
+        {
+            return geometry::RealRectangle2D( 0, nAboveBaseline,
+                                              rLogicalAdvancements[ rLogicalAdvancements.getLength()-1 ],
+                                              nBelowBaseline );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return geometry::RealRectangle2D( 0, nAboveBaseline,
+                                              xVirtualDevice->GetTextWidth(
+                                                  rText.Text,
+                                                  ::canvas::tools::numeric_cast<sal_uInt16>(rText.StartPosition),
+                                                  ::canvas::tools::numeric_cast<sal_uInt16>(rText.Length) ),
+                                              nBelowBaseline );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_textlayout_drawhelper.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_textlayout_drawhelper.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0db8fca69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_textlayout_drawhelper.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/StringContext.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XCanvasFont.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/geometry/Matrix2D.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XGraphicDevice.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/ViewState.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/RenderState.hpp>
+
+#include <basegfx/vector/b2isize.hxx>
+
+namespace com::sun::star::rendering { class XCanvasFont; }
+
+namespace Gdiplus { class Graphics; }
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    struct Bitmap;
+    class TextLayoutDrawHelper
+    {
+    public:
+        explicit TextLayoutDrawHelper(
+            const css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XGraphicDevice >& xGraphicDevice);
+        ~TextLayoutDrawHelper();
+
+        // draw text
+        void drawText( const std::shared_ptr<Gdiplus::Graphics>&          rGraphics,
+                       const css::rendering::ViewState&        rViewState,
+                       const css::rendering::RenderState&      rRenderState,
+                       const ::basegfx::B2ISize&               rOutputOffset,
+                       const css::rendering::StringContext&    rText,
+                       const css::uno::Sequence< double >&     rLogicalAdvancements,
+                       const css::uno::Reference<
+                               css::rendering::XCanvasFont >&  rCanvasFont,
+                       const css::geometry::Matrix2D&          rFontMatrix,
+                       bool                                                 bAlphaSurface,
+                       bool bIsRTL);
+
+        css::geometry::RealRectangle2D queryTextBounds(
+            const css::rendering::StringContext&   rText,
+            const css::uno::Sequence< double >&    rLogicalAdvancements,
+            const css::uno::Reference<
+                css::rendering::XCanvasFont >&     rCanvasFont,
+              const css::geometry::Matrix2D&       rFontMatrix );
+
+#ifdef DBG_UTIL
+        void test();
+#endif
+
+    protected:
+        css::uno::Reference< css::rendering::XGraphicDevice > mxGraphicDevice;
+    };
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_vcltools.cxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_vcltools.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1544ec916
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_vcltools.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,322 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <basegfx/numeric/ftools.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XIntegerBitmap.hpp>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+#include <vcl/bitmap.hxx>
+#include <vcl/bitmapex.hxx>
+#include <vcl/BitmapReadAccess.hxx>
+#include <vcl/canvastools.hxx>
+
+#include "dx_impltools.hxx"
+#include "dx_vcltools.hxx"
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace dxcanvas::tools
+{
+        namespace
+        {
+            /// Calc number of colors in given BitmapInfoHeader
+            sal_Int32 calcDIBColorCount( const BITMAPINFOHEADER& rBIH )
+            {
+                if( rBIH.biSize != sizeof( BITMAPCOREHEADER ) )
+                {
+                    if( rBIH.biBitCount <= 8 )
+                    {
+                        if( rBIH.biClrUsed )
+                            return rBIH.biClrUsed;
+                        else
+                            return 1 << rBIH.biBitCount;
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    BITMAPCOREHEADER const * pCoreHeader = reinterpret_cast<BITMAPCOREHEADER const *>(&rBIH);
+
+                    if( pCoreHeader->bcBitCount <= 8 )
+                        return 1 << pCoreHeader->bcBitCount;
+                }
+
+                return 0; // nothing known
+            }
+
+            /// Draw DI bits to given Graphics
+            bool drawDIBits( const std::shared_ptr< Gdiplus::Graphics >& rGraphics,
+                             const void*                                     hDIB )
+            {
+                bool            bRet( false );
+
+                const BITMAPINFO* pBI = static_cast<BITMAPINFO*>(GlobalLock( const_cast<void *>(hDIB) ));
+
+                if( pBI )
+                {
+                    const BYTE*             pBits = reinterpret_cast<BYTE const *>(pBI) + pBI->bmiHeader.biSize +
+                        calcDIBColorCount( pBI->bmiHeader ) * sizeof( RGBQUAD );
+
+                    // forward to outsourced GDI+ rendering method
+                    // (header clashes)
+                    bRet = tools::drawDIBits( rGraphics, *pBI, pBits );
+
+                    GlobalUnlock( const_cast<void *>(hDIB) );
+                }
+
+                return bRet;
+            }
+
+            /** Draw VCL bitmap to given Graphics
+
+                @param rBmp
+                Reference to bitmap. Might get modified, in such a way
+                that it will hold a DIB after a successful function call.
+             */
+            bool drawVCLBitmap( const std::shared_ptr< Gdiplus::Graphics >& rGraphics,
+                                ::Bitmap&                                       rBmp )
+            {
+                BitmapSystemData aBmpSysData;
+
+                if( !rBmp.GetSystemData( aBmpSysData ) ||
+                    !aBmpSysData.pDIB )
+                {
+                    // first of all, ensure that Bitmap contains a DIB, by
+                    // acquiring a read access
+                    BitmapReadAccess* pReadAcc = rBmp.AcquireReadAccess();
+
+                    // TODO(P2): Acquiring a read access can actually
+                    // force a read from VRAM, thus, avoiding this
+                    // step somehow will increase performance
+                    // here.
+                    if( pReadAcc )
+                    {
+                        // try again: now, WinSalBitmap must have
+                        // generated a DIB
+                        if( rBmp.GetSystemData( aBmpSysData ) &&
+                            aBmpSysData.pDIB )
+                        {
+                            return drawDIBits( rGraphics,
+                                               aBmpSysData.pDIB );
+                        }
+
+                        Bitmap::ReleaseAccess( pReadAcc );
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    return drawDIBits( rGraphics,
+                                       aBmpSysData.pDIB );
+                }
+
+                // failed to generate DIBits from vcl bitmap
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            /** Create a chunk of raw RGBA data GDI+ Bitmap from VCL BitmapEx
+             */
+            RawRGBABitmap bitmapFromVCLBitmapEx( const ::BitmapEx& rBmpEx )
+            {
+                // TODO(P2): Avoid temporary bitmap generation, maybe
+                // even ensure that created DIBs are copied back to
+                // BmpEx (currently, every AcquireReadAccess() will
+                // make the local bitmap copy unique, effectively
+                // duplicating the memory used)
+
+                ENSURE_OR_THROW( rBmpEx.IsAlpha(),
+                                  "::dxcanvas::tools::bitmapFromVCLBitmapEx(): "
+                                  "BmpEx has no alpha" );
+
+                // convert transparent bitmap to 32bit RGBA
+                // ========================================
+
+                const ::Size aBmpSize( rBmpEx.GetSizePixel() );
+
+                RawRGBABitmap aBmpData;
+                aBmpData.mnWidth     = aBmpSize.Width();
+                aBmpData.mnHeight    = aBmpSize.Height();
+                aBmpData.maBitmapData.resize(4*aBmpData.mnWidth*aBmpData.mnHeight);
+
+                Bitmap aBitmap( rBmpEx.GetBitmap() );
+
+                Bitmap::ScopedReadAccess pReadAccess( aBitmap );
+
+                const sal_Int32 nWidth( aBmpSize.Width() );
+                const sal_Int32 nHeight( aBmpSize.Height() );
+
+                ENSURE_OR_THROW( pReadAccess.get() != nullptr,
+                                  "::dxcanvas::tools::bitmapFromVCLBitmapEx(): "
+                                  "Unable to acquire read access to bitmap" );
+
+                Bitmap aAlpha( rBmpEx.GetAlpha().GetBitmap() );
+
+                Bitmap::ScopedReadAccess pAlphaReadAccess( aAlpha );
+
+                // By convention, the access buffer always has
+                // one of the following formats:
+
+                //    ScanlineFormat::N1BitMsbPal
+                //    ScanlineFormat::N8BitPal
+                //    ScanlineFormat::N24BitTcBgr
+                //    ScanlineFormat::N32BitTcMask
+
+                // and is always ScanlineFormat::BottomUp
+
+                // This is the way
+                // WinSalBitmap::AcquireBuffer() sets up the
+                // buffer
+
+                ENSURE_OR_THROW( pAlphaReadAccess.get() != nullptr,
+                                "::dxcanvas::tools::bitmapFromVCLBitmapEx(): "
+                                "Unable to acquire read access to alpha" );
+
+                ENSURE_OR_THROW( pAlphaReadAccess->GetScanlineFormat() == ScanlineFormat::N8BitPal,
+                                "::dxcanvas::tools::bitmapFromVCLBitmapEx(): "
+                                "Unsupported alpha scanline format" );
+
+                BitmapColor     aCol;
+                sal_uInt8*      pCurrOutput(aBmpData.maBitmapData.data());
+                int             x, y;
+
+                for( y=0; y<nHeight; ++y )
+                {
+                    switch( pReadAccess->GetScanlineFormat() )
+                    {
+                        case ScanlineFormat::N8BitPal:
+                            {
+                                Scanline pScan  = pReadAccess->GetScanline( y );
+                                Scanline pAScan = pAlphaReadAccess->GetScanline( y );
+
+                                for( x=0; x<nWidth; ++x )
+                                {
+                                    aCol = pReadAccess->GetPaletteColor( *pScan++ );
+
+                                    *pCurrOutput++ = aCol.GetBlue();
+                                    *pCurrOutput++ = aCol.GetGreen();
+                                    *pCurrOutput++ = aCol.GetRed();
+
+                                    // our notion of alpha is
+                                    // different from the rest
+                                    // of the world's
+                                    *pCurrOutput++ = 255 - static_cast<BYTE>(*pAScan++);
+                                }
+                            }
+                            break;
+
+                        case ScanlineFormat::N24BitTcBgr:
+                            {
+                                Scanline pScan  = pReadAccess->GetScanline( y );
+                                Scanline pAScan = pAlphaReadAccess->GetScanline( y );
+
+                                for( x=0; x<nWidth; ++x )
+                                {
+                                    // store as RGBA
+                                    *pCurrOutput++ = *pScan++;
+                                    *pCurrOutput++ = *pScan++;
+                                    *pCurrOutput++ = *pScan++;
+
+                                    // our notion of alpha is
+                                    // different from the rest
+                                    // of the world's
+                                    *pCurrOutput++ = 255 - static_cast<BYTE>(*pAScan++);
+                                }
+                            }
+                            break;
+
+                            // TODO(P2): Might be advantageous
+                            // to hand-formulate the following
+                            // formats, too.
+                        case ScanlineFormat::N1BitMsbPal:
+                        case ScanlineFormat::N32BitTcMask:
+                            {
+                                Scanline pAScan = pAlphaReadAccess->GetScanline( y );
+
+                                // using fallback for those
+                                // seldom formats
+                                for( x=0; x<nWidth; ++x )
+                                {
+                                    // yes. x and y are swapped on Get/SetPixel
+                                    aCol = pReadAccess->GetColor(y,x);
+
+                                    *pCurrOutput++ = aCol.GetBlue();
+                                    *pCurrOutput++ = aCol.GetGreen();
+                                    *pCurrOutput++ = aCol.GetRed();
+
+                                    // our notion of alpha is
+                                    // different from the rest
+                                    // of the world's
+                                    *pCurrOutput++ = 255 - static_cast<BYTE>(*pAScan++);
+                                }
+                            }
+                            break;
+
+                        case ScanlineFormat::N1BitLsbPal:
+                        case ScanlineFormat::N24BitTcRgb:
+                        case ScanlineFormat::N32BitTcAbgr:
+                        case ScanlineFormat::N32BitTcArgb:
+                        case ScanlineFormat::N32BitTcBgra:
+                        case ScanlineFormat::N32BitTcRgba:
+                        default:
+                            ENSURE_OR_THROW( false,
+                                            "::dxcanvas::tools::bitmapFromVCLBitmapEx(): "
+                                            "Unexpected scanline format - has "
+                                            "WinSalBitmap::AcquireBuffer() changed?" );
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return aBmpData;
+            }
+
+            bool drawVCLBitmapEx( const std::shared_ptr< Gdiplus::Graphics >& rGraphics,
+                                  const ::BitmapEx&                               rBmpEx )
+            {
+                if( !rBmpEx.IsAlpha() )
+                {
+                    Bitmap aBmp( rBmpEx.GetBitmap() );
+                    return drawVCLBitmap( rGraphics, aBmp );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    return drawRGBABits( rGraphics,
+                                         bitmapFromVCLBitmapEx( rBmpEx ) );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        bool drawVCLBitmapFromXBitmap( const std::shared_ptr< Gdiplus::Graphics >& rGraphics,
+                                       const uno::Reference< rendering::XBitmap >&     xBitmap )
+        {
+            // TODO(F2): add support for floating point bitmap formats
+            uno::Reference< rendering::XIntegerReadOnlyBitmap > xIntBmp(
+                xBitmap, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+
+            if( !xIntBmp.is() )
+                return false;
+
+            ::BitmapEx aBmpEx = vcl::unotools::bitmapExFromXBitmap( xIntBmp );
+            if( aBmpEx.IsEmpty() )
+                return false;
+
+            return drawVCLBitmapEx( rGraphics, aBmpEx );
+        }
+}
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_vcltools.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_vcltools.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..433afa618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_vcltools.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/rendering/XBitmap.hpp>
+#include <memory>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace Gdiplus { class Graphics; }
+
+namespace dxcanvas::tools
+{
+        /** Raw RGBA bitmap data,
+            contiguous in memory
+        */
+        struct RawRGBABitmap
+        {
+            sal_Int32                           mnWidth;
+            sal_Int32                           mnHeight;
+            std::vector<sal_uInt8>              maBitmapData;
+        };
+
+        bool drawVCLBitmapFromXBitmap( const std::shared_ptr< Gdiplus::Graphics >& rGraphics,
+                                       const css::uno::Reference<
+                                             css::rendering::XBitmap >&   xBitmap );
+}
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/dx_winstuff.hxx b/canvas/source/directx/dx_winstuff.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4cd0007fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/dx_winstuff.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <basegfx/numeric/ftools.hxx>
+
+#include <prewin.h>
+
+// Enabling Direct3D Debug Information Further more, with registry key
+// \\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Direct3D\D3D9Debugging\\EnableCreationStack
+// set to 1, sets a backtrace each time an object is created to the
+// following global variable: LPCWSTR CreationCallStack
+#if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0
+# define D3D_DEBUG_INFO
+#endif
+
+#include <d3d9.h>
+
+typedef IDirect3DSurface9 surface_type;
+
+
+#ifndef max
+#define max(a,b) (((a) > (b)) ? (a) : (b))
+#endif
+#ifndef min
+#define min(a,b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
+#endif
+
+#include <gdiplus.h>
+
+#undef max
+#undef min
+
+
+namespace dxcanvas
+{
+    // some shared pointer typedefs to Gdiplus objects
+    typedef std::shared_ptr< Gdiplus::Graphics >        GraphicsSharedPtr;
+    typedef std::shared_ptr< Gdiplus::GraphicsPath >    GraphicsPathSharedPtr;
+    typedef std::shared_ptr< Gdiplus::Bitmap >          BitmapSharedPtr;
+    typedef std::shared_ptr< Gdiplus::Font >            FontSharedPtr;
+    typedef std::shared_ptr< Gdiplus::TextureBrush >    TextureBrushSharedPtr;
+}
+
+#include <systools/win32/comtools.hxx> // for COMReference; must be inside prewin...postwin
+// Attention! All DirectX factory methods return the created interfaces pre-acquired, into a raw
+// pointer. Do not call AddRef on them when constructing COMReference!
+
+#include <postwin.h>
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/canvas/source/directx/gdipluscanvas.component b/canvas/source/directx/gdipluscanvas.component
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ee68a1ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/canvas/source/directx/gdipluscanvas.component
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ -->
+
+<component loader="com.sun.star.loader.SharedLibrary" environment="@CPPU_ENV@"
+    xmlns="http://openoffice.org/2010/uno-components">
+  <implementation name="com.sun.star.comp.rendering.BitmapCanvas.GDI+"
+    constructor="canvas_gdiplus_BitmapCanvas_get_implementation">
+    <service name="com.sun.star.rendering.BitmapCanvas.GDI+"/>
+  </implementation>
+  <implementation name="com.sun.star.comp.rendering.Canvas.GDI+"
+    constructor="canvas_gdiplus_Canvas_get_implementation">
+    <service name="com.sun.star.rendering.Canvas.GDI+"/>
+  </implementation>
+</component>