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Q82168: PRB: "Orphan" Metafiles Not Tracked by Debugging Windows

Article: Q82168
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb16bitonly
Last Modified: 05-NOV-1999

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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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If an application fails to delete a GDI object (for example, a pen) before it
shuts down, the debugging version of Windows will write a warning message to the
debug terminal. However, the debugging version of Windows does not produce a
warning message if an application creates a metafile and does not delete it
before termination.

This behavior does not unduly constrain memory because metafiles are stored in
global memory and are freed automatically at application termination.

Additional query words: 3.10 no32bit

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Keywords          : kb16bitonly 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK310
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1

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