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Mappoint2006
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Hi guys,

When I close my app, I need to remove the objects on the right way before it closes. But somehow I don't do that the right way, exits the thread (in mappoint) with code 27 (0x1B)
Does anyone know how to close Mappoint the right way? Normally I assume it deletes itself from memory. But I've also seen the Quit member of CApplication. How do I have to close the mappoint com?

Hi,

Using the object model, I think it is Application.Quit. In Delphi you have to destroy the object where mappoint is in. I assume in C++ more or less the same. If you use the ActiveX control you have nothing to do. It will destroyed by the owner of it which is normally the from where it sits on (unless you create the ActiveX programatically, then you have to destroy it yourself).

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Thanks for your reply Wilfried,

I've asked this question because I see Mappoint exits with code 27 (0x1B), and I guess it's not the right way (the right way is with code 0 (0x0) ?).
My app doesn't crash or something, also I've no memory-leaks, but I tought it's better to quit the app on a neat way.

Hello guys,

I now know what the problem is. The message-"errors" look more critical than it actually is. Generally exitcode of threads are 0 (0x0), this mean that the thread has exited succesfully. Well when I get the exitcode e.g. 27, it means that Mappoint hasn't exited the thread on the right way.

So in my situation, somewhere in my code I tried to delete an object that doesn't exist. Thus it's not so catastrophic as it looks like. VB.NET and C#.NET use garbage collections, which frees allocated memory automagically. But like C++ I need to be aware of allocated memory and have to delete manually, but if I tought I've allocated memory, which is not, than I "freed" memory while there is nothing to free. And Mappoint is trying to destroy an object, trying, trying, but it can't. So Mappoint terminate himself with an additonal message (27) which means "I've done that, but something went wrong".

Thank you!