BUG: App.End in the Form Load Event Causes Application Error

• Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 5.0, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

If the App.End method is used in the Form Load event, it will cause the following application error in PVB.EXE on the emulator:

   The instruction at "0x0135baa1" referenced memory at "0x00000000".
   The memory could not be "read".

RESOLUTION

There two possible workarounds for this bug:

1. Use a timer to invoke the App.End method. Simply placing App.End in the Timer Event and enabling the Timer at the desired time would end the application.

2. Set a flag during the Form Load event and, when the Form Activate event is called, check the flag and end the application if the flag has been set. Add the following code to a form to demonstrate this:

         Option Explicit
         Dim bEndAppFlag
   

         Private Sub Form_Activate()
             If bEndAppFlag Then App.End
         End Sub
   
         Private Sub Form_Load()
             On Error Resume Next
             'Simulate an error
             Err.Raise 53
   
             If Err.Number <> 0 Then
                 'An error occurred during form load,
                 'so exit the app by setting our flag.
                 bEndAppFlag = True
             End If
         End Sub
   
   

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

WARNING: The following code will generate a fatal application error.

1. Create a new Windows CE project in Visual Basic 5.0. Form1 is created by default.

2. Add the following code to the Form Load event:

         Private Sub Form_Load()
             'WARNING: Generates a fatal application error.
             App.End
         End Sub
   
   

3. Press the F5 key to run the project.

Keywords          : vb5all vbce kberrmsg
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending