How to remove GDI objects created by showwindow

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Hi all ,
I have found one issue regarding ShowWindow API CWnd class wherein ShowWindow creates some GDI objects and this number keeps on growing whenever this API is called and if this number grows above 10000 gdi objects it crashes.

All I want to know is how to remove these gdi objects created by this API once the killfocus is called just to keep the number intact.

What I have tried:

I tried some of the things then only I came to know that this API is created those objects but didn't get how to get around it.

Posted 30-Mar-16 4:29am

iampradeepsharma

Updated 30-Mar-16 5:32am

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super 30-Mar-16 10:59am

Can you post the piece of code where you are handling it?

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Jochen Arndt · Answer 1 · 2016-03-30T05:32:00

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You are probably creating GDI objects inside your program without releasing them (calling DeleteObject).

See Debugging a GDI Resource Leak | The DSUI Team Blog[^] on how to find the culprit.

Posted 30-Mar-16 5:32am

Jochen Arndt