You've got to cast the stock object to an HBRUSH like so:

winclass.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(BLACK_BRUSH);

I am tyring to compile the Prog4_1.cpp in "Windows Game Programming for Dummies" and
I keep getting a error.

source code below
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// first fill in the window class stucture
winclass.style = CS_DBLCLKS | CS_OWNDC |
CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
winclass.lpfnWndProc = WindowProc;
winclass.cbClsExtra = 0;
winclass.cbWndExtra = 0;
winclass.hInstance = hinstance;
winclass.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
winclass.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
winclass.hbrBackground = GetStockObject(BLACK_BRUSH);
winclass.lpszMenuName = NULL;
winclass.lpszClassName = WINDOW_CLASS_NAME;
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This error occurs on the hrbBackGround line
"error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'void *' to 'struct HBRUSH__ *'
Conversion from 'void*' to pointer to non-'void' requires an explicit cast"

I looked in the MSDN docs and could not find anything that would explain the error. It looks right to me, but it obviously isn't. Someone please help.

Thanks You, that worked.