-// Recommended setting: 1
-#if !defined(__WXMSW__) || wxCHECK_VISUALC_VERSION(7)
- #define wxUSE_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT 1
+// Recommended setting: 1 if supported by the compilation environment
+
+// notice that we can't use wxCHECK_VISUALC_VERSION() here as this file is
+// included from wx/platform.h before wxCHECK_VISUALC_VERSION() is defined
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+# if _MSC_VER >= 1310
+ // MSVC7.1+ comes with new enough Platform SDK, enable
+ // wxGraphicsContext support for it
+# define wxUSE_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT 1
+# else
+ // MSVC 6 didn't include GDI+ headers so disable by default, enable it
+ // here if you use MSVC 6 with a newer SDK
+# define wxUSE_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT 0
+# endif