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FIX: Incorrect Declaration for SelectObject API Function

Article ID: 150213

Article Last Modified on 6/29/2004

Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 16-bit Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 32-Bit Enterprise Edition

This article was previously published under Q150213

SYMPTOMS

The Win32Api.txt file contains an incorrect entry for the declaration of the 32-bit SelectObject function.

RESOLUTION

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

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

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbvbp500fix KB150213