BUG: DIB Can Be Returned Only on TYMED_HGLOBAL

ID: Q98679

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft OLE Libraries for Windows and Win32s, version 2.0
• Microsoft OLE Libraries, included with:

      - Microsoft Windows NT, versions 3.5 and 3.51
      - Microsoft Windows 95
  

SYMPTOMS

IDataObject::GetData returns DV_E_FORMATETC when requesting a device-independent bitmap (DIB) from an OLE object.

CAUSE

The DIB must be returned in a STGMEDIUM of type TYMED_HGLOBAL.

RESOLUTION

Add TYMED_HGLOBAL to the tymed member of the FORMATETC structure being passed to IDataObject::GetData.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledgebase as it becomes available.

Additional reference words: 2.00 3.50 4.00 KBCategory: kbole kbbuglist KBSubcategory: LeTwoDdc

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1995