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From: kpg on 14 May 2010 11:43
On my old dev machine vb6 started crashing with window's 'Were sorry...'
message. This began about 6 months ago. Now this was a well used workhorse
machine that had plenty of junk installed and uninstalled over the years,
and occasionally I would get the BSOD when I would wake it in the morning.
So I figured time to upgrade.

Now I have a shinny, clean install with minimal junk, and to my surprise,
vb6 still crashes just like before,

This occurs after after about 30 to 45 minutes of opening a project. I
mainly work on 2 or 3 large projects, but I've had it crash on simple
little test projects consisting of a single form.

It does not seem to have a pattern, and I can go days without a crash, and
other times it will crash 4 or 5 times a day.

It's mostly an inconvenience, as I save almost after each line of code. I
have a nervous habit of "alt-f-s' when I'm thinking.

So here are the facts.

I have used the same machine for years and my coding habits and projects
have not changed. Then it started crashing in vb6.

I get a new clean build machine, same projects and coding habits, and I get
the same crash.

I do not have to compile or run the code, it has crashed while editing
code. As stated, it has crashed on very small simple projects also.

I do very normal, low risk stuff, no hooks or sub classing, no owner drawn
anything.

My OS is XP Pro (I opted out of '7' just so I would have no compatibility
problems.)

Because the machine is totally different I'm excluding hardware issues.

That leaves...what? New machine, new main board, cpu, ram, device drivers.

I guess it could be some common software I've installed, or some common OS
component (IE8? :o). I'm at a loss.

kpg


From: C. Kevin Provance on 14 May 2010 14:26
The message you are reporting...is vague. Are you talking about a GPF error message? If so, what library is the fault occuring in? Any service packs installed?

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"kpg" <ipost(a)thereforeiam> wrote in message news:Xns9D786D21A9839ipostthereforeiam(a)207.46.248.16...
: On my old dev machine vb6 started crashing with window's 'Were sorry...'
: message. This began about 6 months ago. Now this was a well used workhorse
: machine that had plenty of junk installed and uninstalled over the years,
: and occasionally I would get the BSOD when I would wake it in the morning.
: So I figured time to upgrade.
:
: Now I have a shinny, clean install with minimal junk, and to my surprise,
: vb6 still crashes just like before,
:
: This occurs after after about 30 to 45 minutes of opening a project. I
: mainly work on 2 or 3 large projects, but I've had it crash on simple
: little test projects consisting of a single form.
:
: It does not seem to have a pattern, and I can go days without a crash, and
: other times it will crash 4 or 5 times a day.
:
: It's mostly an inconvenience, as I save almost after each line of code. I
: have a nervous habit of "alt-f-s' when I'm thinking.
:
: So here are the facts.
:
: I have used the same machine for years and my coding habits and projects
: have not changed. Then it started crashing in vb6.
:
: I get a new clean build machine, same projects and coding habits, and I get
: the same crash.
:
: I do not have to compile or run the code, it has crashed while editing
: code. As stated, it has crashed on very small simple projects also.
:
: I do very normal, low risk stuff, no hooks or sub classing, no owner drawn
: anything.
:
: My OS is XP Pro (I opted out of '7' just so I would have no compatibility
: problems.)
:
: Because the machine is totally different I'm excluding hardware issues.
:
: That leaves...what? New machine, new main board, cpu, ram, device drivers.
:
: I guess it could be some common software I've installed, or some common OS
: component (IE8? :o). I'm at a loss.
:
: kpg
:
:
From: -mhd on 14 May 2010 16:37
kpg <ipost(a)thereforeiam> wrote:

>Now I have a shinny, clean install with minimal junk, and to my surprise,
>vb6 still crashes just like before,

Could be an addin causing it.

Disable all your addins and see if that helps and then add them back one a time until the
culprit is obvious.

-mhd
From: kpg on 17 May 2010 12:12
"C. Kevin Provance" <*@*.*> wrote in
news:#GmSAM58KHA.3880(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

> The message you are reporting...is vague. Are you talking about a GPF
> error message? If so, what library is the fault occuring in? Any
> service packs installed?


Geez guys, sorry about this. I had a known problem with a third party
ActiveX and I just didn't put 2 and 2 together. Problem is after about 15
minutes of unloading the AX I get the crash, so there is a disconnect
between the action to the consequences. I'm currently working with them on
the issue. I have it resolved in production by just not releasing the AX,
but in debug mode I start and stop all the time (stopping unloads the AX
starting the 'timer' on the upcoming crash).

Well, you did help, as I was attempting to reproduce the crash to get the
exact error message, when it did crash it suddenly struck me that the
pattern was exactly the same as for the AX crash. Commented out some code
and I've been crash free all morning.
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