Article: Q108316
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbdocfix kbOSWin310 _IK kbSDKWin16
Last Modified: 16-JUL-1999
3.10
WINDOWS
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1
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SUMMARY
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When running the BITMAP.C sample, no problems occur if the code is compiled and
run as-is, without modifications. However, many possible symptoms can occur if
the user modifies or adds to the code. BITMAP.C contains several calls to the
function GetObject(), all of which pass a constant for the cbBuffer parameter,
rather than a sizeof(BITMAP); that is
GetObject(hBitmap, 16, &Bitmap);
rather than:
GetObject(hBitmap, sizeof(BITMAP), &Bitmap);
Unfortunately, the size of the BITMAP structure under Windows 3.1 is 14 bytes, so
each such call to GetObject overwrites the variable after Bitmap. Depending on
what that variable is, this code could produce a wide range of erratic
behavior.
In the BITMAP.C sample code, the variable following Bitmap is
BOOL bTrack = FALSE; // TRUE if user is selecting a region.
(Note that both Bitmap and bTrack are global.) Because bTrack is set to TRUE only
while the mouse button is down, and the GetObject calls are done only during
initialization and when a menu item is selected (which can't be done with the
mouse button down), this problem becomes apparent only when the user modifies
the code (for example by adding some other variable after Bitmap).
Check any code that is based on the old BITMAP.C sample, and replace the constant
16 with sizeof(BITMAP):
GetObject(hBitmap, sizeof(BITMAP), &Bitmap).
Additional query words: 3.10 docerr
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Keywords : kbdocfix kbOSWin310 _IK kbSDKWin16
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Version : WINDOWS:3.1
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