Microsoft KB Archive/82168

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PRB: &quot;Orphan&quot; Metafiles Not Tracked by Debugging Windows

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Q82168

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1

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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 query words: 3.10 no32bit

Keywords : kb16bitonly

Issue type :

Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK310