in reply to Serial Port Left Open after Exit

Since this is only seen by some users, I think you should question them about their machine setup and usage, looking for common factors. A common version and patch level of winders or perl * might be a clue. Another possibility is that some users get out of your app by an abnormal route (Ctrl-Alt-Delete or the like) which bypasses a graceful shutdown.

* Not perl, since you're shipping the interpreter in the .exe.

After Compline,
Zaxo

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Re: Re: Serial Port Left Open after Exit
by guha (Priest) on Nov 15, 2002 at 09:48 UTC

    I have encountered differences/bugs in how WinXPP handles closing of objects compared to Win9X

    I'm investigating three different instances in relation to perl:
    1. Mail::Sender
    2. Win32::OLE and Word
    3. Command pipes in open

    I would be interested to know if you come up with any clues along Zaxos line of thinking!