diff --git a/examples/example1/example1.visualdproj b/examples/example1/example1.visualdproj
index 6a6bd692..bfd6808a 100644
--- a/examples/example1/example1.visualdproj
+++ b/examples/example1/example1.visualdproj
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
   <compiler>0</compiler>
   <otherDMD>0</otherDMD>
   <program>$(DMDInstallDir)windows\bin\dmd.exe</program>
-  <imppath>../../src ../../3rdparty</imppath>
+  <imppath>$(SolutionDir)/src $(SolutionDir)/3rdparty $(SolutionDir)/3rdparty/libpng/source</imppath>
   <fileImppath />
   <outdir>$(ConfigurationName)</outdir>
   <objdir>$(OutDir)</objdir>
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
   <objfiles />
   <linkswitches />
   <libfiles>phobos.lib ole32.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib comctl32.lib comdlg32.lib dlangui.lib</libfiles>
-  <libpaths>../../Debug ../../3rdparty/win32/lib</libpaths>
+  <libpaths>../../Debug ../../3rdparty/libpng/lib</libpaths>
   <deffile />
   <resfile />
   <exefile>$(OutDir)\$(ProjectName).exe</exefile>
diff --git a/examples/example1/res/exit.png b/examples/example1/res/exit.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74458879
Binary files /dev/null and b/examples/example1/res/exit.png differ
diff --git a/examples/example1/res/fileclose.png b/examples/example1/res/fileclose.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8acc84d1
Binary files /dev/null and b/examples/example1/res/fileclose.png differ
diff --git a/examples/example1/res/fileopen.png b/examples/example1/res/fileopen.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..503a0045
Binary files /dev/null and b/examples/example1/res/fileopen.png differ
diff --git a/examples/example1/winmain.d b/examples/example1/winmain.d
index c9d8a504..498213ee 100644
--- a/examples/example1/winmain.d
+++ b/examples/example1/winmain.d
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module winmain;
-pragma(lib, "dlangui.lib");
 
 import dlangui.platforms.common.platform;
+import dlangui.graphics.images;
 import dlangui.widgets.widget;
 import dlangui.core.logger;
 import dlangui.graphics.fonts;
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ version(Windows) {
     }
 }
 
+ImageCache imageCache;
+string resourceDir;
+
 class TestWidget : Widget {
 	public override void onDraw(DrawBuf buf) {
 		super.onDraw(buf);
@@ -34,10 +37,20 @@ class TestWidget : Widget {
 		Log.d("Got font, drawing text");
 		font.drawText(buf, _pos.left + 5, _pos.top + 5, "Text"d, 0x0000FF);
 		Log.d("Text is drawn successfully");
+        DrawBufRef img = imageCache.get(resourceDir ~ "exit.png");
+        if (!img.isNull) {
+            Log.d("loaded image ", img.width, "x", img.height);
+            buf.drawImage(200, 200, img);
+            buf.drawImage(250, 250, img);
+        }
 	}
 }
 
-extern (C) int UIAppMain() {
+extern (C) int UIAppMain(string[] args) {
+
+    imageCache = new ImageCache();
+    resourceDir = exePath() ~ "..\\res\\";
+
 	Log.d("Some debug message");
 	Log.e("Sample error #", 22);
 
diff --git a/src/dlangui/core/types.d b/src/dlangui/core/types.d
index 93447554..ce7d7808 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/core/types.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/core/types.d
@@ -10,22 +10,22 @@ public struct Point {
 }
 
 public struct Rect {
-    public int left;
-    public int top;
-    public int right;
-    public int bottom;
-    public @property int width() { return right - left; }
-    public @property int height() { return bottom - top; }
-    public this(int x0, int y0, int x1, int y1) {
+    int left;
+    int top;
+    int right;
+    int bottom;
+    @property int width() { return right - left; }
+    @property int height() { return bottom - top; }
+    this(int x0, int y0, int x1, int y1) {
         left = x0;
         top = y0;
         right = x1;
         bottom = y1;
     }
-    public bool empty() {
+    @property bool empty() {
         return right <= left || bottom <= top;
     }
-    public bool intersect(Rect rc) {
+    bool intersect(Rect rc) {
         if (left < rc.left)
             left = rc.left;
         if (top < rc.top)
@@ -109,3 +109,27 @@ public struct Ref(T) { // if (T is RefCountedObject)
             _data.releaseRef();
     }
 }
+
+
+// some utility functions
+string fromStringz(const(char[]) s) {
+	int i = 0;
+	while(s[i])
+		i++;
+	return cast(string)(s[0..i].dup);
+}
+
+string fromStringz(const(char*) s) {
+	int i = 0;
+	while(s[i])
+		i++;
+	return cast(string)(s[0..i].dup);
+}
+
+wstring fromWStringz(const(wchar[]) s) {
+	int i = 0;
+	while(s[i])
+		i++;
+	return cast(wstring)(s[0..i].dup);
+}
+
diff --git a/src/dlangui/graphics/drawbuf.d b/src/dlangui/graphics/drawbuf.d
index cd70b355..6bb4a94f 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/graphics/drawbuf.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/graphics/drawbuf.d
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class DrawBuf : RefCountedObject {
         _clipRect = rect; 
         _clipRect.intersect(Rect(0, 0, width, height));
     }
-    protected bool applyClipping(ref Rect rc) {
+    bool applyClipping(ref Rect rc) {
         if (!_clipRect.empty())
             rc.intersect(_clipRect);
         if (rc.left < 0)
@@ -42,6 +42,43 @@ class DrawBuf : RefCountedObject {
             rc.bottom = height;
         return !rc.empty();
     }
+    bool applyClipping(ref Rect rc, ref Rect rc2) {
+        if (!_clipRect.empty()) {
+            if (rc.left < _clipRect.left) {
+                rc2.left += _clipRect.left - rc.left;
+                rc.left = _clipRect.left;
+            }
+            if (rc.top < _clipRect.top) {
+                rc2.top += _clipRect.top - rc.top;
+                rc.top = _clipRect.top;
+            }
+            if (rc.right > _clipRect.left) {
+                rc2.right -= rc.right - _clipRect.left;
+                rc.right = _clipRect.right;
+            }
+            if (rc.bottom > _clipRect.bottom) {
+                rc2.bottom -= rc.bottom - _clipRect.bottom;
+                rc.bottom = _clipRect.bottom;
+            }
+        }
+        if (rc.left < 0) {
+            rc2.left += -rc.left;
+            rc.left = 0;
+        }
+        if (rc.top < 0) {
+            rc2.top += -rc.top;
+            rc.top = 0;
+        }
+        if (rc.right > width) {
+            rc2.right -= rc.right - width;
+            rc.right = width;
+        }
+        if (rc.bottom > height) {
+            rc2.bottom -= rc.bottom - height;
+            rc.bottom = height;
+        }
+        return !rc.empty() && !rc2.empty();
+    }
     void beforeDrawing() { }
     void afterDrawing() { }
     /// returns buffer bits per pixel
@@ -55,6 +92,12 @@ class DrawBuf : RefCountedObject {
     }
     abstract void fillRect(Rect rc, uint color);
 	abstract void drawGlyph(int x, int y, ubyte[] src, int srcdx, int srcdy, uint color);
+    /// draw source buffer rectangle contents to destination buffer
+    abstract void drawFragment(int x, int y, DrawBuf src, Rect srcrect);
+    /// draw whole unscaled image at specified coordinates
+    void drawImage(int x, int y, DrawBuf src) {
+        drawFragment(x, y, src, Rect(0, 0, src.width, src.height));
+    }
     void clear() {}
     ~this() { clear(); }
 }
@@ -68,6 +111,31 @@ class ColorDrawBufBase : DrawBuf {
     override @property int bpp() { return 32; }
     @property override int width() { return _dx; }
     @property override int height() { return _dy; }
+    /// draw source buffer rectangle contents to destination buffer
+    override void drawFragment(int x, int y, DrawBuf src, Rect srcrect) {
+        Rect dstrect = Rect(x, y, x + srcrect.width, y + srcrect.height);
+        if (applyClipping(dstrect, srcrect)) {
+            if (src.applyClipping(srcrect, dstrect)) {
+                int dx = srcrect.width;
+                int dy = srcrect.height;
+                for (int yy = 0; yy < dy; yy++) {
+                    uint * srcrow = src.scanLine(srcrect.top + yy) + srcrect.left;
+                    uint * dstrow = scanLine(dstrect.top + yy) + dstrect.left;
+                    for (int i = 0; i < dx; i++) {
+                        uint pixel = srcrow[i];
+                        uint alpha = pixel >> 24;
+                        if (!alpha)
+                            dstrow[i] = pixel;
+                        else if (alpha < 255) {
+                            // apply blending
+                            dstrow[i] = blendARGB(dstrow[i], pixel, alpha);
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
     override void fillRect(int left, int top, int right, int bottom, uint color) {
         fillRect(Rect(left, top, right, bottom), color);
     }
diff --git a/src/dlangui/graphics/images.d b/src/dlangui/graphics/images.d
index c4c2e6ca..9e745dae 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/graphics/images.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/graphics/images.d
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 module dlangui.graphics.images;
 
+import dlangui.core.logger;
 import dlangui.graphics.drawbuf;
 import std.stream;
 import libpng.png;
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ class ImageCache {
 
 /// load and decode image from file to ColorDrawBuf, returns null if loading or decoding is failed
 ColorDrawBuf loadImage(string filename) {
+    Log.d("Loading image from file " ~ filename);
     try {
         std.stream.File f = new std.stream.File(filename);
 	    scope(exit) { f.close(); }
@@ -89,13 +91,19 @@ class ImageDecodingException : Exception {
     }
 }
 
-extern (C) void lvpng_error_func (png_structp png, png_const_charp)
+extern (C) void lvpng_error_func (png_structp png, png_const_charp msg)
 {
+    string s = fromStringz(msg);
+    Log.d("Error while reading PNG image: ", s);
+    // todo: exceptions do not work inside C function
     throw new ImageDecodingException("Error while decoding PNG image");
 }
 
-extern (C) void lvpng_warning_func (png_structp png, png_const_charp)
+extern (C) void lvpng_warning_func (png_structp png, png_const_charp msg)
 {
+    string s = fromStringz(msg);
+    Log.d("Warn while reading PNG image: ", s);
+    // todo: exceptions do not work inside C function
     throw new ImageDecodingException("Error while decoding PNG image");
 }
 
@@ -105,6 +113,8 @@ extern (C) void lvpng_read_func(png_structp png, png_bytep buf, png_size_t len)
     ubyte[] localbuf = new ubyte[len];
     if (stream.read(localbuf) != len)
         throw new ImageDecodingException("Error while reading PNG image");
+    for (uint i = 0; i < len; i++)
+        buf[i] = localbuf[i];
 }
 
 /// load and decode PNG image
diff --git a/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/win32fonts.d b/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/win32fonts.d
index 944e7250..cbf68667 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/win32fonts.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/win32fonts.d
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-module dlangui.platforms.windows.win32fonts;
-
+module dlangui.platforms.windows.win32fonts;
+
 version (Windows) {
-
+
 import win32.windows;
 import dlangui.graphics.fonts;
 import dlangui.platforms.windows.win32drawbuf;
 import std.string;
 import std.utf;
-
+
 //auto toUTF16z(S)(S s)
 //{
     //return toUTFz!(const(wchar)*)(s);
 //}
-
+
 struct FontDef {
     immutable FontFamily _family;
     immutable string _face;
@@ -429,13 +429,6 @@ class Win32FontManager : FontManager {
 	}
 }
 
-string fromStringz(const(char[]) s) {
-	int i = 0;
-	while(s[i])
-		i++;
-	return cast(string)(s[0..i].dup);
-}
-
 FontFamily pitchAndFamilyToFontFamily(ubyte flags) {
 	if ((flags & FF_DECORATIVE) == FF_DECORATIVE)
 		return FontFamily.Fantasy;
diff --git a/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/winapp.d b/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/winapp.d
index fc6dbc81..673cb2b4 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/winapp.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/platforms/windows/winapp.d
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import std.string;
 import std.utf;
 import std.stdio;
 import std.algorithm;
+import std.file;
 import dlangui.platforms.common.platform;
 import dlangui.platforms.windows.win32fonts;
 import dlangui.platforms.windows.win32drawbuf;
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ pragma(lib, "gdi32.lib");
 pragma(lib, "user32.lib");
 pragma(lib, "libpng15.lib");
 
-extern (C) int UIAppMain();
+extern (C) int UIAppMain(string[] args);
 
 immutable WIN_CLASS_NAME = "DLANGUI_APP";
 
@@ -112,20 +113,26 @@ class Win32Platform : Platform {
     }
 }
 
+/// returns current executable path only, including last path delimiter
+string exePath() {
+    string path = thisExePath();
+    int lastSlash = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < path.length; i++)
+        if (path[i] == '\\')
+            lastSlash = i;
+    return path[0 .. lastSlash + 1];
+}
+
 extern(Windows)
 int DLANGUIWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
             LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow) {
     int result;
 
-    void exceptionHandler(Throwable e) {
-        throw e;
-    }
-
     try
     {
-        Runtime.initialize(&exceptionHandler);
+        Runtime.initialize();
         result = myWinMain(hInstance, hPrevInstance, lpCmdLine, nCmdShow);
-        Runtime.terminate(&exceptionHandler);
+        Runtime.terminate();
     }
     catch (Throwable e) // catch any uncaught exceptions
     {
@@ -137,11 +144,45 @@ int DLANGUIWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
     return result;
 }
 
+string[] splitCmdLine(string line) {
+    string[] res;
+    int start = 0;
+    bool insideQuotes = false;
+    for (int i = 0; i <= line.length; i++) {
+        char ch = i < line.length ? line[i] : 0;
+        if (ch == '\"') {
+            if (insideQuotes) {
+                if (i > start)
+                    res ~= line[start .. i];
+                start = i + 1;
+                insideQuotes = false;
+            } else {
+                insideQuotes = true;
+                start = i + 1;
+            }
+        } else if (!insideQuotes && (ch == ' ' || ch == '\t' || ch == 0)) {
+            if (i > start) {
+                res ~= line[start .. i];
+            }
+            start = i + 1;
+        }
+    }
+    return res;
+}
+
 int myWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int iCmdShow)
 {
 	setFileLogger(std.stdio.File("ui.log", "w"));
 	setLogLevel(LogLevel.Trace);
 
+    string basePath = exePath();
+    Log.i("Current executable: ", exePath());
+
+    string cmdline = fromStringz(lpCmdLine);
+    Log.i("Command line: ", cmdline);
+    string[] args = splitCmdLine(cmdline);
+    Log.i("Command line params: ", args);
+
     _cmdShow = iCmdShow;
     _hInstance = hInstance;
     Log.d("Inside myWinMain");
@@ -156,7 +197,7 @@ int myWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int
     Platform.setInstance(platform);
 	Win32FontManager fontMan = new Win32FontManager();
 	FontManager.instance = fontMan;
-    return UIAppMain();
+    return UIAppMain(args);
 }