WinApp: unhandled win32Exception on Application Exit

[nev]

when i click the 'x' box of a form to exit i get the Error creating window handle.

but when i use my file menu exit menuitem which does...

Global.System.Windows.Forms.Application.Exit()

my program closes with no win32exception was unhandled.

what must i do to the 'x' exitbox to exit application successfully?

the 'x' i'm speaking of is the exit button beside the minimize & maximize button on the upper-right corner of a window.

[Shashi Sadasivan]

Hi nev,
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Are you Overriding or handling the closing event of the form?
- Shashi

[nev]

Hi nev,
Please follow the genral rules (found in the FAQ section)while posting your questions at TSDN, especially on how to Use a Good Thread Title



Are you Overriding or handling the closing event of the form?
- Shashi

oh sorry about that. truth is i didn't find time to read about that in the first place. i'll check it out. anyways...

i tried to place...

Global.System.Windows.Forms.Application.Exit()

in the...
1. form closing event 'didn't did the job
2. handledestroyed 'not either

on top of that, isn't clicking 'x' supposed to perform Global.System.Windows.Forms.Application.Exit()

[Shashi Sadasivan]

Only if the parent form is closed the Application.Exit is called.
For all other forms they are only closed.

I am not sure if this would cause an issue by putting it in the ormClosing event. Try the form Closed event

If this form is not the parent form then there i sno need to send that command from the closing / closed event

[nev]

thank you. i'll try it.

[nev]

its the mdiparent actually. it doesn't have a form closed/closing event. here's the situation, a childform is open in the mdiparent. i don't encounter this error before and now it happens when i close the mdi using the 'x'. so i was thinking since the code in my menuitem works, i might as well place it in my mdiparent exit event. the problem is the mdiparent has no exit event.

[Shashi Sadasivan]

what do you mean by the event does not exist?

Only if you create one will it exists.

if your application starts from the MDI Parent, then that form is the main thread.
any other forms opened are contained in seperate threads.

If any of the child forms/threads are closed the main thread is not affected (until you tell so).
if the MDI Parent is closed (which is the main thread) then all child threads / forms are closed along with it.

I do not know why exactly is that piece of code throwing errors, but it isint of much use.

Could you remove those events and try if it still gives any errors