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From: Joseph M. Newcomer on 31 May 2010 11:41
See below...
On Mon, 31 May 2010 01:41:00 -0700 (PDT), Woody <ols6000(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>The culprit was a line
>
>pDC->SelectObject(CreateSolidBrush(color));
>
>It was in the view's OnDraw function, not the OnPaint I showed, which
>belonged to a different class.
>
>For some reason, the SelectObject continued to work properly.
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The SelectObject will work, because ::CreateSolidBrush is returning an HBRUSH. Note that
there might be enough space to create a brush when there is not enough space to create a
bitmap.

By the way, this is a classic error.
joe
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>
>I used GDIView to trace the leak.
Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP]
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