PRB: "Orphan" Metafiles Not Tracked by Debugging Windows

ID Number: Q82168

3.10

WINDOWS

Summary:

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 reference words: 3.10