I have this same problem with Mappoint sometimes crashing when exiting. I have developed an applicaiton that uses VB .NET 2002 and the active x component of Mappoint to display a map.

I use the ActiveMap.Saved = true, AcitveMap.Application.quit and .closemap functions but I still get an error when the application closes.

I don't know of any mean to post a message to mappoint through the acitve x component to close out Mappoint.exe.

Is there other options with an active x component to get this to quit happening?

Terry

Hi,

You dont need to AcitveMap.Application.quit if you close your application using the AcitveX component. That is probably the reason of your error.

I've had this problem for a while and finally figured it out...

Most calls to the MapPoint object return a COM object that must be cleaned up properly. In my case, I wasn't properly handling them as they were created. Here's the code that was causing MapPoint to crash when exited:

MapPoint.Application g_oApp = (MapPoint.Application) applicationObject;

object pp = g_oApp.ActiveMap.ShowFindDialog("101 The City Dr S, Orange, CA", MapPoint.GeoFindState.geoFindAddress, 0, false);

if (pp != null)
{
if (pp is MapPoint.Pushpin)
{
g_oApp.ActiveMap.Route.Add((MapPoint.Pushpin) pp, loc.fac);
}
ReleaseObject(pp);
}

The problem is that the call to g_oApp.ActiveMap.ShowFindDialog(...) creates a Map and push-pin object (assuming an address was selected in the Find dialog box).

Also, g_oApp.ActiveMap.Route.Add(...) creates another Map object as well as Route and Waypoint objects. In order to clean everything up properly, the objects must be maintained as follows:

// Add the waypoint to the current route
MapPoint.Application g_oApp = (MapPoint.Application) applicationObject;
MapPoint.Map map = g_oApp.ActiveMap;
MapPoint.Route route = map.ActiveRoute;
route.Clear(); // Clear out old route if any

// Display the find dialog
object pp = map.ShowFindDialog("101 The City Dr S, Orange, CA, 92868", MapPoint.GeoFindState.geoFindAddress, 0, false);


// Is the location a valid push-pin?
if (pp != null)
{
if (pp is MapPoint.Pushpin)
{
MapPoint.Waypoints wp = route.Waypoints;
MapPoint.Waypoint p = wp.Add((MapPoint.Pushpin) pp, loc.fac);
ReleaseObject(p);
ReleaseObject(wp);
}
ReleaseObject(pp);
}

ReleaseObject(route);
ReleaseObject(map);

Hope this helps.