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Q150213: FIX: Incorrect Declaration for SelectObject API Function

Article: Q150213
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbVBp400bug kbVBp500fix kbGrpDSVB
Last Modified: 15-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 16-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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The Win32Api.txt file contains an incorrect entry for the declaration of the
32-bit SelectObject function.

RESOLUTION
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The win32api.txt file contains the following incorrect declaration:

     Declare Function SelectObject Lib "user32" Alias "SelectObject" _
     ByVal hdc  As Long, ByVal hObject As Long) As Long

The correct declaration is:

     Declare Function SelectObject Lib "gdi32" Alias "SelectObject" _
     (ByVal hdc  As Long, ByVal hObject As Long) As Long

Notice that the library name was incorrect in the original declaration.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Basic 5.0.

Additional query words: kbVBp400bug kbVBp500fix kbVBp kbdsd kbDSupport KBWIN32SDK KBAPI

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Keywords          : kbVBp400bug kbVBp500fix kbGrpDSVB 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbVB400Search kbVB400 kbVB16bitSearch
Version           : :4.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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