I don't exactly remember the last time I installed or upgrade the Dropbox on my Windows 8 laptop, but today one of my application started crashing itself whenever I opened a file open browser within app and it turned out it caused by Dropbox extension after quick analysis of crash dump. Unfortunately re-installing the most recent version doesn't fix the problem so far. … Continue reading Dropbox crash dump quick analysis (on Windows)
Month: October 2014
Tips for debugging COM AddRef/Release leaks
In Windows environment, adding an accessibility support to a program means you'll have to do a lot of COM coding. For example, IRawElementProviderSimple is the most fundamental interface you should implement for every provider. So at first I started developing providers with ATL and throughout the process I learned few tips I'd like to share here: 1. Add the '_ATL_DEBUG_INTERFACES' … Continue reading Tips for debugging COM AddRef/Release leaks