Re: ATL com server can pass interface as parameters?

From:
"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.atl
Date:
Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:49:43 -0400
Message-ID:
<#N$G3ingHHA.4980@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
"Ceasar" <ceasar.chen@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1176974114.556344.55540@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com

OLE32.dll access violation causes by VC6 debugger with smart pointer
used.

Declare interfaces with smart pointer and trace it with VC6 debugger
=> Access violation at the end of application.
CComPtr<IMy1> pMy1;
CComPtr<IMy2> pMy2;


My psychic powers tell me you have code similar to this:

int main() {
    CComPtr<IMy1> pMy1;
    CComPtr<IMy2> pMy2;

    CoInitialize(0);

    pMy1 = ...;
    pMy2 = ...;
    // do something

    CoUninitialize();
    return 0;
    // crash here
}

Smart pointers go out of scope at the closing curly brace. At this
moment they call Release() on underlying raw pointer. But,
CoUninitialize has already been called - after that, any COM call is
illegal and is likely to lead to a crash. You must arrange for all
interface pointers to be released before CoUninitialize is called.
--
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    Igor Tandetnik

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