Hello,

I developp an add-in for Mappoint, and every times I close MapPoint an error message comes

I want to know tips for developping add-in to avoid theses crashs after closing MapPoint ?

maybe I must do something in my source code ( method "OnDisconnection" ) to have a clean exit for MapPoint ?

I have the book "Programming MaPpoint in .Net" by Chandu Thota but it says nothing about clean exit when we developp add-in for Mappoint,

help me to fix this problem please

thanks

Hi,

Nobody can help if you dont tell the exact error meage, and the offending line of code !

I use this code when my add-in is close:

public void OnDisconnection(Extensibility.ext_DisconnectMode disconnectMode, ref System.Array custom)
{
if(app != null)
{
app.Quit( );
app = null;
}
}

"app" is the mappoint process

public class Test
{
private MapPoint.Application app;

//constructor
public Test(object application)
{
app = application as MapPoint.Application;

}

maybe my method is incorrect ?

I want to know the general advice to make a correct add-in, fo a perfect exit of the application

Hi,

MP.Quit is the correct method to terminate the application object. But I never wrote an add-on, so maybe situation is different. Hopefully someone else drops in with the right knowledge.

Hi Elbarto,
I've got the same problem. Writing in VB .net the relevant code is:

Public Class connect
Dim applicationObject As Object
Dim addInInstance As Object
Dim FormAddIn As MyAddinProject.Form1

Protected Friend Shared MPApp As MapPoint.Application


Private Sub ReleaseObject(ByVal MPApp As Object)
Try

Try 'cause it's not sure, if the user already has close it
FormAddIn.Close()
Catch ex As Exception
End Try

System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComO bject(MPApp)
Catch
Finally
MPApp = Nothing
End Try

End Sub

Public Sub OnDisconnection(ByVal RemoveMode As Extensibility.ext_DisconnectMode, ByRef custom As System.Array) Implements Extensibility.IDTExtensibility2.OnDisconnection
On Error Resume Next
If RemoveMode <> Extensibility.ext_DisconnectMode.ext_dm_HostShutdo wn Then _
Call OnBeginShutdown(custom)
MPApp.RemoveCommands("my addin")
ReleaseObject(MPApp)
End Sub

Public Sub OnConnection(ByVal application As Object, ByVal connectMode As Extensibility.ext_ConnectMode, ByVal addInInst As Object, ByRef custom As System.Array) Implements Extensibility.IDTExtensibility2.OnConnection
applicationObject = application
addInInstance = addInInst
MPApp = CType(application, MapPoint.Application)
' Add an item to the Tools menu in MapPoint.
MPApp.AddCommand("my addin", "ShowAddInForm", Me)
End Sub

Public Sub ShowAddInForm()
FormAddIn = New MyAddinProject.Form1
FormAddIn.Show()
End sub
End Class


Public Class Form1
objApp = GetObject(, "MapPoint.Application")
objMap = objApp.ActiveMap

Private Sub Form1_Closing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Closing
Call CleanMap()
objMap = Nothing
objApp = Nothing
End Sub

End Class

...and the error message is something like: "MapPoint has detected an error and has to shut down...", - I'm using the German edition 2002 with the European map.
I don't know what's the problem...
Would be great if someone can explain how to correctly clean up the addin before MapPoint closes, - because the error-message doesn't appear when VS .net closes my addin.

thank the one
martin

up, my probem is not fixed, help please

Hi,

If it is in C# and you strip your project to a few lines of code just to demonstrate the error you may private email it to me. I have some spare time tomorrow so I can "try" to check it out.

However I did not do add-ins, so I have no experiance with it. Anyway I can try

...found a descriptions for VB and C# on
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=k...530&sid=global
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=k...530&sid=global

The point is: "...Both the OnStartupComplete and OnBeginShutdown methods are called when the host application has left or is entering a state in which user interaction should be avoided because the application is busy loading or unloading itself from memory."

I am not that fit in system internal and threads etc. and still hadn't time to try it out but I'm sure that's it.
The main problem is not to clean up the right way but at the right moment. That explains why sometimes the error message appeard and sometimes not...

greetings an Merry Easter
martin

Hi Martin,

Thanks for feedback. I did not study the articles (sorry) but the right time could be when the mappoint application enters the message pump. This can be done by posting a WM_QUIT to the mappoint application using the windows API PostMessage function.

Hallo Wilfried,
you don't have to be sorry for don't doing things that are not really your business! So this here should be more a short hint for those who are interested in as an answer...
The main cleaning up doesn't belong to the OnDisconnection method of the IDTExtensibility2 interface but to the OnBeginShutDown method.
That is at least the point. If done everything what belongs to the addin is finished when the MapPoint application is starting its unloading. No further problems.

Thank you for care
thomas martin