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resource leak

hi everyone

smart check uncovered a resource leak error in my creation
of logical fonts. before i call createfont, i have this:

if fonttouse<>0 then
rc = deleteobject(fonttouse)
fonttouse = 0
endif

i tried tracing the value of fonttouse, after the deleteobject line
the value of fonttouse still remained, that's why i added the
"fonttouse = 0" line.

does anyone know how deleteobject really works? i don't know
why the value of fonttouse remains after that function is called.
by the way, i got that part from dan appleman's winapi book,
chapter 11 - fonts.

any help welcome
thanks in advance

merry christmas to all

janeausten

ASKER

Edited text of question

MikeP090797

The value shouldn't change, it represents the handle of the object, not the actual object. For instance, if the variable contains 3, you could simply pass 3 instead.
The font is not being freed probobly because it is still selected into the device context. You must select a different font (You can use GetStockObject for that), and only after that use DeleteObject.

If this was the case, please reply, and I will post the comment as an asnwer

janeausten

ASKER

Yep, mike, i think that's it...

repost your comment and get your points

and..

THANKS!

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