FIX: Memory Leak in OLE Automation for Visual SourceSafe (255230)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Windows 6.0

This article was previously published under Q255230

SYMPTOMS

When you call Get (GetVSSItem function) from the Visual SourceSafe OLE Automation interface, there is memory that is not released.

CAUSE

The reason for this problem is that there is a memory leak in the VSSItem::Get function.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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

194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

To download the latest Visual Studio service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates/

REFERENCES

For additional information, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Automation
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnvss/html/vssauto.asp

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	12/12/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbAutomation kbbug kbfix kbSSafe600fix KB255230