FIX: ADO Reference Keeps Visual FoxPro in Memory after Quitting (221691)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows 6.0
This article was previously published under Q221691

SYMPTOMS

After opening an ADO connection from within Visual FoxPro, Visual FoxPro may remain resident in memory after quitting the application.

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 Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3.

For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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

194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Run following code:
    Conn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")        
CLEAR ALL
QUIT
  2. Press theCTRL+ALT+DEL key combination to open Task Manager, and note that VFP6.EXE may still be listed as active.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/15/2002
Keywords:kbBug kbDatabase kbDSupport kbVS600sp3fix KB221691
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