destroying Explorer object pointers on shutdown

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Another newbie question here. I'm writing an ATL/COM add-in for Outlook 2003.

When quitting Outlook, I was getting an "abnormal program termination" error.

If I understand correctly, this is probably a result of not releasing my

Explorer object pointer? I added a sink for the explorer close event as

recommended but I guess I have to do something other than just set my pointer

to NULL?

(My pointer is: CComPtr <Outlook::_Explorer> m_spExplorer;)

Here's my code (checking to see if this is the last :

// gives an "assertion failed" error

void _stdcall CAddin::OnExplorerClose(){

CComPtr <Outlook::_Explorers> spExplorers;

m_spApp->get_Explorers(&spExplorers);

long count;

spExplorers->get_Count(&count);

if (count == 1){

spExplorerEvents::DispEventUnadvise((IDispatch*)m_spExplorer);

spExplorerEvents2::DispEventUnadvise((IDispatch*)m_spExplorer);

spExplorerEvents3::DispEventUnadvise((IDispatch*)m_spExplorer);

m_spExplorer = NULL;

}

}

As always, any assistance is greatly appreciated.

-Gabriel
 
The algorithm is to check in the Close() event for that being the final

Explorer and no Inspectors. Then you have to release all your Outlook object

pointers, not just Explorers. If you have handles to Application, NameSpace,

etc. they all must be released.

"Gabriel" <Gabriel> wrote in message

news:EE559A29-9E33-41AE-8CC9-9E53C54E8953@microsoft.com...
> Another newbie question here. I'm writing an ATL/COM add-in for Outlook
> 2003.
> When quitting Outlook, I was getting an "abnormal program termination"
> error.
> If I understand correctly, this is probably a result of not releasing my
> Explorer object pointer? I added a sink for the explorer close event as
> recommended but I guess I have to do something other than just set my
> pointer
> to NULL?

> (My pointer is: CComPtr <Outlook::_Explorer> m_spExplorer;)

> Here's my code (checking to see if this is the last :

> // gives an "assertion failed" error
> void _stdcall CAddin::OnExplorerClose(){

> CComPtr <Outlook::_Explorers> spExplorers;

> m_spApp->get_Explorers(&spExplorers);

> long count;

> spExplorers->get_Count(&count);

> if (count == 1){

> spExplorerEvents::DispEventUnadvise((IDispatch*)m_spExplorer);

> spExplorerEvents2::DispEventUnadvise((IDispatch*)m_spExplorer);

> spExplorerEvents3::DispEventUnadvise((IDispatch*)m_spExplorer);

> m_spExplorer = NULL;

> }

> }

> As always, any assistance is greatly appreciated.

> -Gabriel
 
Hi Ken,

Thanks for the input. Turns out I'd erroneously added

"m_spExplorer->Close()" to the OnBeginShutdown method when I was first

troubleshooting so I didn't notice one error being replaced by another

similar one (since of course by the time it was called I'd already released

it). Guess it pays to actually read those assertions!

Thanks again,

-Gabriel
wrote:


> The algorithm is to check in the Close() event for that being the final
> Explorer and no Inspectors. Then you have to release all your Outlook object
> pointers, not just Explorers. If you have handles to Application, NameSpace,
> etc. they all must be released.

> >

>

>
 
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