VB6: how avoid these memory leak on API timer? Programming Software Development by cambalinho …Nothing Exit Sub ErrHandler: End Sub Private Function PtrObj(ByVal Pointer As Long) As Object Dim objObject As Object CopyMemory …objObject, Pointer, 4& Set PtrObj = objObject CopyMemory objObject, 0&… Re: VB6: how avoid these memory leak on API timer? Programming Software Development by cambalinho i did a simple mistake: Set GameBitmap = Nothing instead: If Not GameBitmap Is Nothing Then Set GameBitmap = Nothing End If what event is used when i press the 'stop' button on IDE? yes is give me a memory leak :( seems that resolve for sometimes and not forever :( Re: VB6: how avoid these memory leak on API timer? Programming Software Development by cambalinho 1 - yes i can't assign an object\instance to nothing without test it 1st: Dim WithEvents tmr As vbAPITimerTools.APITimer 'create a vbAPITimerTools.APITimer instance with an event Set tmr = New vbAPITimerTools.APITimer 'initializate the instance If Not tmr Is Nothing Then tmr.StopTimer Set tmr = … Re: VB6: how avoid these memory leak on API timer? Programming Software Development by rproffitt I have yet to read the issue of leaks were entirely plugged in VB6. Example at https://forum.codejock.com/topic7921.html notes an area that appears to be "yup, it does that" in reference to MFC 6.0 CString implementation. Given this is VB6 I don't expect any fix. At worst you'll have to restart the app. Re: VB6: how avoid these memory leak on API timer? Programming Software Development by rproffitt Finding memory leaks in VB6 should be easy. That's one old leaky system. Fixing them is hard to impossible. 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