vb6.exe closes randomly on W2000 Pro

[Nina Harris]

when running an interactive session with the vb6 IDE open,
I get random closures of vb6.exe with a message pop
that it is writing an error log and then after about 1 minute
the vb6 ide closes

the system is a clean setup (fdisk, format) of windows 2000 pro
with all service packs (sp4) and all windows updates (critical
and non-critical applied)

have replicated problem with vb6 both sp5 and sp6 applied
and tested separately on three (3) identical new w2k pro systems

have unistalled vb6 multiple times and reinstalled it multiple times
have installed and tested problem on both vb6 pro and vb6 enterprise
with both sp5 and sp6 applied

if I compile the app to an exe, then the exe runs just fine, the
only problem is running with the vb6 ide open and stepping through
the code

the error occurs when vb6 hits this line
If FileExists(some path defined here) Then
..

Public Function FileExists(strDest As String) As Boolean
..etc..

[J French]

On 9 Aug 2004 15:12:22 -0700, sa*@mailinator.com (Nina Harris) wrote:

when running an interactive session with the vb6 IDE open,
I get random closures of vb6.exe with a message pop
that it is writing an error log and then after about 1 minute
the vb6 ide closes
<snip>
the error occurs when vb6 hits this line
If FileExists(some path defined here) Then
..

Public Function FileExists(strDest As String) As Boolean
..etc..

I've had similar peculiar things with XP Pro and VB5

In two cases it turned out to be a slightly dodgy parameter to an API

The most peculiar case was just Txt1.Text = "xxx" in a multline
Textbox - just in the IDE, not when compiled
That problem seems to have disappeared