Microsoft KB Archive/260103

= FIX: IDE Memory Leak on Form Run/Stop in Visual Basic 6 =

Article ID: 260103

Article Last Modified on 8/7/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q260103



SYMPTOMS
When you are programming in Visual Basic 6.0 and you use the following code, the code leaks 8 KB per button click as observed from the Windows NT Task Manager. Private Sub Command1_Click For i = 1 To 5 Load Winsock1(1) Unload Winsock1(1) DoEvents 'does not cause problem but helps 'to allow idle time so you can stop application. Next i   End Sub



CAUSE
There is a memory leak in the code and related system files.



RESOLUTION
Install the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in the latest service pack for Visual Studio 6.0.

For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

To download the latest Visual Studio service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/Aa718353.aspx



MORE INFORMATION
NOTE: The integrated development environment (IDE) contains a memory leak on Form Run/Stop. This was a previous Winsock control (Service Pack 2) memory leak on load/unload.

Additional query words: VSSP4, vssetup

Keywords: kbbug kbfaq kbfix kbvs600sp4fix kbvs600sp5fix KB260103

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