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  1. #1
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    vb6 crash on exit

    I have a legacy vb6 app that crashes on exit - both as an executable and in the IDE. I am currently unloading the forms (except the frmmain) in form_unload, releasing all the adodb recordsets, setting all the boundcollections = nothing, I have attempted to SetErrorMode SEM_NOGPFAULTERRORBOX in the form_terminate event and that has not stopped the error from occurring. I have also checked for subclasses being instantiated in my code and found none. I have checked into the components from outside MS that are used - they are the Componentone flexgrid 8 spelling 8 and componentOne sizer control. An extensive web and forum search has not turned up any known problems similar to mine for these controls. The issue does not seem to occur if I shut down the program before actually doing anything. However loading the bound controls seems to be near where the problem is rooted, in spite of repeatedly stepping with the debugger it seems that the start of the problem "moves around". The problem occurs with the programmatic exit, the "X" and the IDE "end" control
    The error message is
    The instruction at "0x77d042b8" referenced memory at "0x055c9028". The memory could not be "Read". The title in the error box is a tool tip (differing at different times) from inside my app

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    Re: vb6 crash on exit

    Probably not closing everything, and it's calling something that you have already closed. I've posted the correct sequence before. Last year? (No VB6 on the laptop)
    David

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  3. #3
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    Re: vb6 crash on exit

    It appears that the bug is dead, the kill was in 10 parts
    1) very carefully disposing of all objects
    2) confirming that each recordset was closed before it was set to nothing
    3) closing each form from the last forms close event
    4) set the last form .visible = false then called a timer for 1 second
    5) added a getout call to the bottom of the last forms unload event
    6) put the getout in a module
    7) added
    Code:
    Private Declare Function SetErrorMode Lib "kernel32" ( _
       ByVal wMode As Long) As Long
    Private Const SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS = &H1
    Private Const SEM_NOGPFAULTERRORBOX = &H2
    Private Const SEM_NOOPENFILEERRORBOX = &H8000&
    to the declarations in that module
    8) called that declaration with
    Code:
    SetErrorMode SEM_NOGPFAULTERRORBOX
    at the start of the getout sub
    9) confirmed that the last open form was closed
    10) included this code at the bottom of the getout sub to make sure it could close
    Code:
        Dim tstart As Date
        tstart = TimeValue(Now())
        Dim i As Integer
        i = 0
        Do While (DateAdd("s", 3, tstart)) > TimeValue(Now())
            For i = 0 To 1000
                i = i + 1
            Next
            i = 0
        Loop
       endtask("PLacements")
        
        End
    that last part was sorta the equivalent of driving wooden stake into its heart
    thank you all for the help you have given me - I'll try and pay it back when I can

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    Re: vb6 crash on exit

    Thanx for your detailed explanation on your problem fix!

    Please mark your thread resolved

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