BUG: Incorrect Declaration for SelectObject API Function

Last reviewed: October 16, 1996
Article ID: Q150213

The information in this article applies to:

Standard, Professional, and Enterprise Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic, 32-bit only, for Windows, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

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

WORKAROUND

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 an issue in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. Microsoft is researching this issue and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional reference words: 4.00 vb4win vb432 buglist4.00
KBCategory: kbprg kbbuglist
KBSubcategory: PrgOther

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Last reviewed: October 16, 1996
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