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BUG: GetTextExtentPoint Succeeds with a Released HDC

Article ID: 196282

Article Last Modified on 7/11/2005

Microsoft Platform Software Development Kit-January 2000 Edition, when used with:
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q196282

SYMPTOMS

When you use GetTextExtentPoint() with a released HDC handle, it returns TRUE rather than failing.

RESOLUTION

Take precautions in your code to assure that you are not releasing an HDC prior to using it. You can test your software on Windows NT (where this problem does not exist) to uncover code that improperly uses a released HDC.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

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