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Q67714: DOC: CreateCompatibleBitmap() Parameters Documented Wrong

Article: Q67714
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdocfix kb16bitonly
Last Modified: 22-DEC-1999

3.00 3.10
WINDOWS
kbprg kbdocerr

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows versions 3.0, 3.1 
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SUMMARY
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The nWidth and nHeight parameters to the CreateCompatibleBitmap function are
incorrectly documented on page 4-37 in the "Microsoft Windows Software
Development Kit Reference Volume 1" for version 3.0, and on page 79 of the
"Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit Programmer's Reference, Volume 2:
Functions" for version 3.1.

The nWidth and nHeight parameters are expressed in pixels, not bits.

The documentation should read:

  Parameter     Type/Description
  ---------     ----------------
  hDC           HDC   Identifies the device context.

  nWidth        int   Specifies the width (in pixels) of the bitmap.

  nHeight       int   Specifies the height (in pixels) of the bitmap.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.10 docerr

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Keywords          : kbdocfix kb16bitonly 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK300 kbWinSDK310

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