Application stays in memory after shut down

[knovo]

I have an app written in VB which is suddenly staying in memory after application shut down. Is there some tool I can use to determine what is not being closed down properly? The debugger is not really useful.

Thanks

 

[CajunCenturion]

You've most likely made a reference to some object - perhaps a form - and that object or form is not being unloaded, thus preventing the application from completly shutting down.
You can place the following code in the Form_Unload event of the main form

Dim lFrm_Form     As Form
   
For Each lFrm_Form In Forms
   Unload lFrm_Form
   Set lFrm_Form = Nothing
Next lFrm_Form

and that may allow the program to terminate, but it doesn't necessarily help you find the reference that may be causing the problem in the first place.

An example of such type of reference could be something like the following, when this line is executed from the main form:

frmForm2.txtTextBox = "A Value"

This will cause frmForm2 to be loaded, and unless it gets unloaded, the app will not end.

Its also possible that it could some other type of object that is instantiated, but never released. Good Luck
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As a circle of light increases so does the circumference of darkness around it. - Albert Einstein

 

[SemperFiDownUnda]

or in the UNLOAD event for your main form or last exit point use
END

 

[instar4per]

Also, check for a Do: DoEvents: Loop somewhere...especially in an OCX or DLL module.

Just thought I'd interject,
-iNSTA