FIX: ATL Service Causes Random Asserts in Run Member Function
Article ID: 172955
Article Last Modified on 10/2/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft ActiveX Template Library 3.0
- Microsoft ActiveX Template Library 2.1
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.
MORE INFORMATION
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
Create an ATL service. If the hr uninitialized value is negative, the first
assert in the Run function fails.
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Contributions by Chuck Bell, Microsoft Corporation
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