OLEUninitialize()

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Is the function OLEUninitialize() obsolete (ie. not required anymore)? I found it inside tcomobj.prg and testole.prg.

EMG

[Antonio Linares]

Enrico,

OLEUninitialize() is required when using OLE:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms691326(v=vs.85).aspx

but as we are using Harbour OLE support, Harbour automatically calls it, so we don't need to provide it

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

So, it must be removed from tcomobj.prg and testole.prg?

EMG

[Antonio Linares]

Enrico,

Yes, I think that we could remove it though lets see if we can check it to be 100% sure about it.

Another choice is to include that function in those examples.

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Enrico,

Yes, I think that we could remove it though lets see if we can check it to be 100% sure about it.

Ok, keep me updated.

Another choice is to include that function in those examples.

Ok, but the question is: is it required? If it is not why we need to include it in the samples?

EMG

[Antonio Linares]

Enrico,

Harbour can implement atomatic "cleaning" when a variable is "destroyed", thats why some calls are no longer needed.

In example:

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  METHOD Destroy()

   DESTRUCTOR Destroy()

That above means that if an object is made equal to nil, or simply exiting from a function or procedure where it is created, then such method is invoked and there we can do the cleaning. What I am not sure about is if xharbour implements it too. I think so.

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Dear Antonio, suddenly I realize that I didn't say that the following sample doesn't compile because OLEUninitialize() doesn't exist:

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#include "Fivewin.ch"


FUNCTION MAIN()

    OLEUNINITIALIZE()

    RETURN NIL

EMG