Convert OLE_HANDLE of a Bitmap to HBITMAP-Handle

Hi!
I´ve been on a long quest for answer til now (posted this question in round about 6 sites like this but got not a single reply!!) - so hopefully someone can help me here!
(And by the way - i don´t belive that my question is that difficult to answer...)

So what is my problem:
If got an ActiveX-Control where i implemented a Picture-Property. The bitmap is stored in a CPictureHolder (m_Picture). I want to create a Pattern-Brush from this to fill the background of the control.
So the problem is how to get a HBITMAP-handle for the CreatePatternBrush-function, because get_Handle returns only an OLE_HANDLE.
I´ve tried it this way:

 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // CDrawPicCtrl::OnDraw - Drawing function

 void CDrawPicCtrl::OnDraw(CDC* pdc, const CRect& rcBounds, const CRect& rcInvalid)

 {
  static HBRUSH PatternBrush=NULL;

  if ((PatternBrush==NULL)&(PICTYPE_BITMAP == m_Picture.GetType()))
  {
   HBITMAP hBitmap=NULL;
   m_Picture.m_pPict->get_Handle((OLE_HANDLE FAR *) &hBitmap);
   PatternBrush=CreatePatternBrush(hBitmap);
  }
     
  FillRect((HDC)pdc,rcBounds,PatternBrush);
 }


This didn´t work so I also tried it this way:

 OLE_HANDLE hBitmap=NULL;
 m_Picture.m_pPict->get_Handle(&hBitmap);
 PatternBrush=CreatePatternBrush((HBRUSH) hBitmap);

Either way i tried i didnt´t get a valid HBITMAP-handle.

Please help!
I´m really desperate - can´t belive that i can´t make that sh... work!!!

I´m using VC++ 6 and Win98.
If you need more information please ask!

Thanks a lot!
Olli.