Outlook 2003 with multiple explorers won't shutdown

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Teodora Gancheva

Hi,

I am developing a C# COM add-in for Outlook 2003 and 2007.

Recently the need for supporting multiple Outlook explorers arised and I am

currently implementing that. I used 's Outlook project

CSAddinTemplate as a sample - many thanks for the great template and all the

guidance in developing COM add-ins for Office :).

All is working fine for Outlook 2007, but in Outlook 2003 (it's SP3) when I

start multiple explorers and then close them one by one, Outlook process

won't shutdown (OnDisconnection does not even get called). If I only have one

Outlook explorer, the process exits nicely.

I thought I had forgotten to release any references to Outlook objects, so I

disabled my add-in from the registry and left only the CSAddinTemplate to

load - this again led Outlook to not shut down. If I disable all add-ins,

Outlook closes without any issues. Also if I use File->Exit, and not the X

button, Outlook shuts down nicely, no matter if I have add-ins loaded and how

many explorers are opened.

Have you ever encountered such issues with Outlook 2003 - is it a bug or do

I need to re-check the code for unreleased references?

Many thanks for all ideas and comments,

Teodora Gancheva
 
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Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]

Check things again and then if you still have problems post here, and I'll

see what's going on.

FWIW I haven't had any problems with Outlook 2003, although the timing of

things in the template was adjusted for Outlook 2007.

A lot of work was done by MS for Outlook 2007 to fix the OnDisconnection()

not firing bug, it's possible things aren't optimized for 2003 in the

published template. I use a highly modified version of that template myself

for my own code.

"Teodora Gancheva" <TeodoraGancheva> wrote in

message news:775AE2BA-310B-4A42-8B7C-1E50127E20C8@microsoft.com...
> Hi,

> I am developing a C# COM add-in for Outlook 2003 and 2007.
> Recently the need for supporting multiple Outlook explorers arised and I
> am
> currently implementing that. I used 's Outlook project
> CSAddinTemplate as a sample - many thanks for the great template and all
> the
> guidance in developing COM add-ins for Office :).
> All is working fine for Outlook 2007, but in Outlook 2003 (it's SP3) when
> I
> start multiple explorers and then close them one by one, Outlook process
> won't shutdown (OnDisconnection does not even get called). If I only have
> one
> Outlook explorer, the process exits nicely.
> I thought I had forgotten to release any references to Outlook objects, so
> I
> disabled my add-in from the registry and left only the CSAddinTemplate to
> load - this again led Outlook to not shut down. If I disable all add-ins,
> Outlook closes without any issues. Also if I use File->Exit, and not the X
> button, Outlook shuts down nicely, no matter if I have add-ins loaded and
> how
> many explorers are opened.

> Have you ever encountered such issues with Outlook 2003 - is it a bug or
> do
> I need to re-check the code for unreleased references?
> Many thanks for all ideas and comments,
> Teodora Gancheva
 
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Teodora Gancheva

For anyone that could encounter the same issue, here's what resolved the

problem in my case.

I have a private variable of type Explorer in the ExplorerWrapper class to

keep a reference to the Outlook Explorer object. In the Close event of the

Explorer I was assigning null to the Explorer variable, but this seems to not

have been enough. I added Marshal.FinalReleaseComObject(this.explorer), and

now Outlook is successfully shutting down.

Regards,

Teodora Gancheva
wrote:


> Check things again and then if you still have problems post here, and I'll
> see what's going on.

> FWIW I haven't had any problems with Outlook 2003, although the timing of
> things in the template was adjusted for Outlook 2007.

> A lot of work was done by MS for Outlook 2007 to fix the OnDisconnection()
> not firing bug, it's possible things aren't optimized for 2003 in the
> published template. I use a highly modified version of that template myself
> for my own code.

> >

>

> "Teodora Gancheva" <TeodoraGancheva> wrote in
> message news:775AE2BA-310B-4A42-8B7C-1E50127E20C8@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> > I am developing a C# COM add-in for Outlook 2003 and 2007.
> > Recently the need for supporting multiple Outlook explorers arised and I
> > am
> > currently implementing that. I used 's Outlook project
> > CSAddinTemplate as a sample - many thanks for the great template and all
> > the
> > guidance in developing COM add-ins for Office :).
> > All is working fine for Outlook 2007, but in Outlook 2003 (it's SP3) when
> > I
> > start multiple explorers and then close them one by one, Outlook process
> > won't shutdown (OnDisconnection does not even get called). If I only have
> > one
> > Outlook explorer, the process exits nicely.
> > I thought I had forgotten to release any references to Outlook objects, so
> > I
> > disabled my add-in from the registry and left only the CSAddinTemplate to
> > load - this again led Outlook to not shut down. If I disable all add-ins,
> > Outlook closes without any issues. Also if I use File->Exit, and not the X
> > button, Outlook shuts down nicely, no matter if I have add-ins loaded and
> > how
> > many explorers are opened.
> > Have you ever encountered such issues with Outlook 2003 - is it a bug or
> > do
> > I need to re-check the code for unreleased references?
> > Many thanks for all ideas and comments,
> > Teodora Gancheva

>
 
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