Problem : Deleting CToolTipCtrl Dynamic Memory

Problem : Deleting CToolTipCtrl Dynamic Memory

Hi, in my dialog app I am using CToolTipCtrl to implement some tooltip text in various places, yet despite using “delete” in my class destructor, VC++ keeps telling me this is causing memory leaks.

In the header file of my main dialog class I have declared my pointer as follows:
CToolTipCtrl *m_ToolTip;

Then in my OnInitDialog function I do the following:
TCHAR message[500];
m_ToolTip = new CToolTipCtrl();
m_ToolTip->Create(this);

_stprintf (message, “Select a machine for further details”);
m_ToolTip->AddTool(&m_machine_list_ctrl, message);

I use these last two lines several times further to put different messages on different controls.

Then in my class destructor I delete the memory as follows:

delete m_ToolTip;

Upon investigation it appears as though the more times I call AddTool, the greater the memory leak.  What is the proper way to delete this dynamic memory?


 

Solution: Deleting CToolTipCtrl Dynamic Memory

Forget about the deleting each tooltip you add (I think that is a red  herring, mainly because I don’t need it for cleaning up tooltips that I create in a similar way.).

Give this a quick try.
Instead of
CToolTipCtrl *m_ToolTip;
use
CToolTipCtrl m_ToolTip;

In the OnInitDialog
TCHAR message[500];
m_ToolTip.Create(this);

_stprintf (message, “Select a machine for further details”);
m_ToolTip.AddTool(&m_machine_list_ctrl, message);

and do not use the delete m_ToolTip in your destructor.

Also how are you creating/destroying the dialog – I think the problem with your code could be there.