Microsoft KB Archive/172955

= FIX: ATL Service Causes Random Asserts in Run Member Function =

Article ID: 172955

Article Last Modified on 10/2/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft ActiveX Template Library 3.0
 * Microsoft ActiveX Template Library 2.1

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This article was previously published under Q172955



SYMPTOMS
Random asserts occur in the ATL services CComModule derived classes Run member function.



CAUSE
In the first line of the member function an HRESULT variable is declared, hr. This variable is used throughout the function except in the call to CoInitialize. Right after the call to CoInialize is an assert on the value of hr. Since hr has not yet been initialized, the assert will fail at the point where the uninitialized value of hr is negative.



RESOLUTION
Change the CoInitailize call to assign its return value to the hr variable, not hRes variable. Remove the hRes variable from the following code: HRESULT hr;

_Module.dwThreadID = GetCurrentThreadId;

HRESULT hRes = CoInitialize(NULL);



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Visual C++ version 6.0 for Windows.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
Create an ATL service. If the hr uninitialized value is negative, the first assert in the Run function fails.

(c) Microsoft Corporation 1997, All Rights Reserved. Contributions by Chuck Bell, Microsoft Corporation

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