BUG: DIB Can Be Returned Only on TYMED_HGLOBAL

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

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

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

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