"Arthur Dent" <hitchhikersguideto-news@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hello All,
>
> Im having a problem getting my app to unload from memory. it starts with a
> sub main, that essentially goes:
>
> Dim f as myForm
> f.ShowDialog()
> Application.Exit
>
> now, it IS getting to the application.exit statment (tested with a MsgBox
> statement earlier), but it just WONT
> unload. It LOOKS like it does, all the forms go away, and if i check the
> Running Programs list, it is not listed
> anymore, but the terminal just sits there with its little "hourglass"
> thing going and going ..... and it maintains a
> lock on the executable file.
> Very frustrating for development because i have to reset the device before
> i can copy on a new version,
> which means having to re-establish a stupid activesync connection too.
> Rather tedious.
>
> Any idea why it would not exit even though it appears to? VS2005, CF 2
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Arthur Dent.
>

"<ctacke/>" <ctacke[@]opennetcf[dot]com> wrote in message
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> Fist Ill go on record as saying that's not a very good way to exit. To
> exit an app you should always try to close the Form instance passed to
> Application.Run.
>
> In this case my thought is that your myForm instance is causing grief with
> it's own message pump and the process is waiting for it to get cleaned up
> before exiting. Forms shown with ShowDialog aren't disposed (by design)
> when closed, so try this:
>
> Dim f as myForm
> f.ShowDialog()
> f.Dispose()
> Application.Exit
>
>
> --
> Chris Tacke
> OpenNETCF Consulting
> www.opennetcf.com
> --
>
>
>
> "Arthur Dent" <hitchhikersguideto-news@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:%233hlEf5mGHA.2360@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Hello All,
>>
>> Im having a problem getting my app to unload from memory. it starts with
>> a sub main, that essentially goes:
>>
>> Dim f as myForm
>> f.ShowDialog()
>> Application.Exit
>>
>> now, it IS getting to the application.exit statment (tested with a MsgBox
>> statement earlier), but it just WONT
>> unload. It LOOKS like it does, all the forms go away, and if i check the
>> Running Programs list, it is not listed
>> anymore, but the terminal just sits there with its little "hourglass"
>> thing going and going ..... and it maintains a
>> lock on the executable file.
>> Very frustrating for development because i have to reset the device
>> before i can copy on a new version,
>> which means having to re-establish a stupid activesync connection too.
>> Rather tedious.
>>
>> Any idea why it would not exit even though it appears to? VS2005, CF 2
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Arthur Dent.
>>
>
>