System.NullReferenceException on a CString

[Klynt]

Project built using /CLR, but code is old and has not been converted
specifically to "managed" (__gc or __value).

Everything seemed to work great, until I got the following error.

I have a class, let's call it CMyLegacyClass, that has some CString (NOT
CString*) member variables.

Problem is, when the destructor is called (which actually has an empty
body), it automatically calls the destructors for my embedded CStrings. When
this happens, I get a "System.NullReferenceException".

How can this happen since I'm not using __gc, System::String, or CString*
(or any pointers for that matter)?
I even tried adding #pragma unmanaged to the top and #pragma managed to the
bottom of the .CPP and .H files.

Please advise, as this one has me stumped.

Thanks,
Klynt

[Gary Chang[MSFT]]

Hi Klynt,

I have tested some simple MFC programs with /clr compiler option, however I
could not repro the scenario you figured. Would you please give us a small
self-contain sample to repro this problem?

By the way, since you got the System.NullReferenceException in your class's
destructor function, I think you can take a try on inserting a
System::GC::Collect(); call in that destructor function...
Thanks!

Best regards,

Gary Chang
Microsoft Community Support
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