deleting HBITMAP causes an access violation at runtime.
- by Oliver
Hi,
I have the following code to take a screenshot of a window, and get the colour of a specific pixel in it:
void ProcessScreenshot(HWND hwnd){
HDC WinDC;
HDC CopyDC;
HBITMAP hBitmap;
RECT rt;
GetClientRect (hwnd, &rt);
WinDC = GetDC (hwnd);
CopyDC = CreateCompatibleDC (WinDC);
//Create a bitmap compatible with the DC
hBitmap = CreateCompatibleBitmap (WinDC,
rt.right - rt.left, //width
rt.bottom - rt.top);//height
SelectObject (CopyDC, hBitmap);
BitBlt (CopyDC, //destination
0,0,
rt.right - rt.left, //width
rt.bottom - rt.top, //height
WinDC, //source
0, 0,
SRCCOPY);
COLORREF col = ::GetPixel(CopyDC,145,293);
// Do some stuff with the pixel colour....
delete hBitmap;
ReleaseDC(hwnd, WinDC);
ReleaseDC(hwnd, CopyDC);
}
the line 'delete hBitmap;' causes a runtime error: an access violation. I guess I can't just delete it like that?
Because bitmaps take up a lot of space, if I don't get rid of it I will end up with a huge memory leak. My question is: Does releasing the DC the HBITMAP is from deal with this, or does it stick around even after I have released the DC? If the later is the case, how do I correctly get rid of the HBITMAP?
