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From: Gary.Pianosi@sunbrk.FidoNet.Org (Gary Pianosi)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Problem Reading Bitmaps from Clipboard (correction)
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Date: 28 May 91 00:56:34 GMT
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I wrote:
>In an attempt to solve my problem by side-stepping it, I tried using
>the GetBitmapBits() function to copy the bitmap data to a buffer.
>It seems to work (even when the bitmap handle appears to be invalid!).

I take this back!!!  The data returned in my buffer seems to be garbage
(strings, random characters, etc.) and not bitmap data when the handle
is invalid.  GetBitmapBits() does however return that the correct number
of bytes was read (!?!).

- Gary.
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