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Q257732: FIX: GDI Resource Leak When MaskPicture Is Set to an Icon

Article: Q257732
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbActiveX kbCtrlCreate kbVBp kbVBp600bug kbOSWin95 kbOSWin98 kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport kbVS6
Last Modified: 20-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 6.0, on platform(s):
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95 
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98 
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0, on platform(s):
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows 95 
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows 98 
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you set the UserControl's MaskPicture to an icon, you may experience a GDI
resource leak.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this problem, install the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0.
For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the
following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

  Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

To download the latest Visual Studio service pack, visit the following Microsoft
Web site:

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates.asp

Additional query words: sp4

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Keywords          : kbActiveX kbCtrlCreate kbVBp kbVBp600bug kbOSWin95 kbOSWin98 kbGrpDSVB kbDSupport kbVS600sp4fix kbVS600sp5fix 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : :6.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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