Why u shouldnt learn for a book...

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OK... i recently got Windows 95 Programming For Dummies... (ill wait till u guys stop laughing) and i've have a problem with this code (im just pasting the whole damn thing):

#include <windows.h>

static int nRowSpacing;
static int nCharSpacing;

int WINAPI WinMain(
	HINSTANCE  hInstance,
	HINSTANCE  hPrevInstance,
	LPSTR	   pszCmdLine,
	int		   nCmdShow
   );

LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProc(
	HWND	hWnd,
	UINT	uMsgId,
	WPARAM  wParam,
	LPARAM  lParam
   );

void OutputLine(
	HDC  hDC,
	int  nRowNumber,
	char *pszDescription,
	int nValue
   );

int WINAPI WinMain(
	HINSTANCE  hInstance,
	HINSTANCE  hPrevInstance,
	LPSTR	   pszCmdLine,
	int		   nCmdShow
   )
{
	static char szAppName[] = "Prog2";
	HWND hWnd;
	MSG msg;
	WNDCLASS wndClass;

	wndClass.style		 = 0;
	wndClass.lpfnWndProc = WindowProc;
	wndClass.cbClsExtra	 = 0;
	wndClass.cbWndExtra  = 0;
	wndClass.hInstance	 = hInstance;
	wndClass.hIcon		 = LoadIcon(NULL,IDI_APPLICATION);
	wndClass.hCursor	 = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
	wndClass.hbrBackground = GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH); 	//<--Right HERE 
	wndClass.lpszMenuName  = NULL;
	wndClass.lpszClassName = szAppName;
	if (RegisterClass(&wndClass) == 0)
	{
		return 0;
	}

	hWnd = CreateWindow(
			 szAppName,
			 szAppName,
			 WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
			 CW_USEDEFAULT,
			 CW_USEDEFAULT,
			 CW_USEDEFAULT,
			 CW_USEDEFAULT,
			 NULL,
			 NULL,
			 hInstance,
			 NULL);
	if (hWnd == 0)
	{
		return 0;
	}
	ShowWindow(hWnd, nCmdShow);
	UpdateWindow(hWnd);

	while (GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0))
	{
		TranslateMessage(&msg);
		DispatchMessage(&msg);
	}
	return msg.wParam;
}

LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProc(
	HWND	hWnd,
	UINT	uMsgId,
	WPARAM  wParam,
	LPARAM  lParam
   )
{
	HDC hDC;

	switch (uMsgId)
	{
	case WM_CREATE:
			hDC = GetDC(hWnd);

			TEXTMETRIC textMetrics;
			GetTextMetrics(hDC, &textMetrics);
			nRowSpacing = textMetrics.tmHeight + textMetrics.tmExternalLeading;
			nCharSpacing = textMetrics.tmAveCharWidth;

			ReleaseDC(hWnd, hDC);
			return 0;

	case WM_PAINT:
			PAINTSTRUCT paintStruct;
			hDC = BeginPaint(hWnd, &paintStruct);

			OutputLine(hDC, 1,
				       "Avg Char Spactin = ",
					   nCharSpacing);
			OutputLine(hDC, 2,
					   "Row spacing = ",
					   nRowSpacing);


			RECT rectWindow;
			GetWindowRect(hWnd, &rectWindow);
			OutputLine(hDC, 4,
					   "Window x location = ",
					   rectWindow.left);
			OutputLine(hDC, 5,
					   "Window y location = ",
					   rectWindow.top);

			OutputLine(hDC, 7,
					   "Window x dimension = ",
					   rectWindow.right - rectWindow.left);
			OutputLine(hDC, 8,
					   "Window y dimension = ",
					   rectWindow.bottom - rectWindow.top);

			EndPaint(hWnd, &paintStruct);
			return 0;

	case WM_DESTROY:
			PostQuitMessage(0);
			return 0;

	default:
		return DefWindowProc(hWnd,uMsgId,wParam,lParam);
	}
}

void OutputLine(
	HDC  hDC,
	int  nRowNumber,
	char *pszDescription,
	int nValue
   )
{
	int nCol1Offset = 20;
	int nCol2Offset = nCol1Offset + 25 * nCharSpacing;
	int nRowOffset = nRowNumber * nRowSpacing;

	SetTextAlign(hDC, TA_LEFT | TA_TOP);
	TextOut(hDC,
			nCol1Offset,
		    nRowOffset,
			pszDescription,
			lstrlen(pszDescription));

	SetTextAlign(hDC, TA_RIGHT | TA_TOP);
	char szBuffer[16];
	wsprintf(szBuffer, "%d", nValue);
	TextOut(hDC,
			nCol2Offset,
		    nRowOffset,
			szBuffer,
			lstrlen(szBuffer));
}

And the error is this:

error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'void *' to 'struct HBRUSH__ *'
        Conversion from 'void*' to pointer to non-'void' requires an explicit cast

What is the fastest and easiest way to fix this sort of a problem. Also, word of the wise, don't try to learn from book!