vb6 app stuck in task manager/memory 4

[JacobTechy]

vb6sp6 installed application stuck in task manager/memory after closing it and I cannot open it and of course it triggers the code I put in the form load function

If App.PrevInstance = True Then
 MsgBox "This program is already running!", vbExclamation
 Unload Me
 Exit Sub
End If

I close the application with an exit button or the X and then calling this function.

Public Sub EndProgram()

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

End Sub

Any ideas what the problem could be?

 

[yacyac]

Have you tried calling EndProgram from form_unload

 

[Golom]

The problem is that you're trying to unload a form from it's Form_Load event. A form can't be unloaded until it is fully loaded and that doesn't happen until Form_Load completes. The Unload is in fact generating another load of the form. Try moving your code to the Form_Activate event.

 

[chiph]

Is your program using any Office COM objects, such as the Excel library? Because a frequent problem is people not unloading the objects that Office components create on their behalf, resulting in programs that won't unload.

Chip H.


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[JacobTechy]

No my program is not using any Office COM objects.

However, I have placed my unload form code and end program in the form unload and it worked!!

Thanks

 

[dglienna]

END is always a bad thing. Use the Form_Activate event instead of Form_Load. This way, as soon as it's loaded, it will be unloaded. You can use me.Hide in the form load event if there is a flicker as it is loaded.

-David
2006 Microsoft Valueable Professional (MVP)
2006 Dell Certified System Professional (CSP)