diff --git a/examples/cpp/createfits/Makefile b/examples/cpp/createfits/Makefile
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+CXX=g++
+CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/gamma/include/gammalib
+LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/gamma/lib -lgamma
+DEPS=
+OBJ=createfits.cpp
+
+createfits: $(OBJ)
+	$(CXX) -o $@ $^ $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
diff --git a/examples/cpp/createfits/createfits.cpp b/examples/cpp/createfits/createfits.cpp
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+/***************************************************************************
+ *                   createfits.cpp - Create FITS file                     *
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *
+ *  copyright (C) 2013 by Juergen Knoedlseder                              *
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify   *
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by   *
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or      *
+ *  (at your option) any later version.                                    *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,        *
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of         *
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the          *
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.                           *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License      *
+ *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+/**
+ * @file createfits.cpp
+ * @brief Create FITS file
+ * @author Juergen Knoedlseder
+ */
+
+/* __ Includes ___________________________________________________________ */
+#include "GammaLib.hpp"
+
+
+/***********************************************************************//**
+ * @brief Create FITS file
+ *
+ * This code illustrates the creation of a FITS file.
+ ***************************************************************************/
+int main(void) {
+
+    // Allocate FITS object
+    GFits fits;
+
+    // Create FITS image
+    GFitsImageDouble image(20,10);
+    for (int x = 0; x < 20; ++x) {
+        for (int y = 0; y < 10; ++y) {
+            image(x,y) = x+100.0*y;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Append image to FITS object
+    fits.append(image);
+
+    // Create binary table
+    GFitsBinTable       table;
+    GFitsTableDoubleCol column("ENERGY", 10, 3);
+    for (int row = 0; row < 10; ++row) {
+        for (int index = 0; index < 3; ++index) {
+            column(row, index) = row*100.0+index;
+        }
+    }
+    table.append_column(column);
+
+    // Append table to FITS object
+    fits.append(table);
+
+    // Save file to disk
+    fits.saveto("my_fits_file.fits", true);
+
+    // Close FITS object
+    fits.close();
+
+    // Exit
+    return 0;
+}
+