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Thanks, 
I initially tried this tnmftp *nmftp = new tnmftp(),
it would not compile so I did not think that was 
the right way. I did not think to put null in the 
parens.

Steve

"Remy Lebeau \(TeamB\)" <no.spam@no.spam.com> wrote:
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>"Steve" <sportock@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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>> //new instance of ftp
>> TNMFTP *NMFTP;
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>That is not a new instance.  That is merely declaring a pointer.  A pointer
>is not an instance.  It can point to an instance, though.
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>Change that line to this instead:
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>    TNMFTP *NMFTP = new TNMFTP(NULL);
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>Then free the object when you are done with it:
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>    delete NMFTP;
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>> It bombs on the next line with an access violation
>> NMFTP->Host = ".com";
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>As well it should.  You did not create an actual instance of the object yet.
>Your pointer is not assigned to anything, so it points to random memory.
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>> Why? It compiles fine, and runs in a
>> form app, why not in a console app?
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>It works in a form because you probably dropped the component onto the form
>at design-time, aren't you?  By doing that, the DFM system automatically
>creates the object at runtime and updates the pointer to point to it.  On
>your console code, you have to it yourself manually.
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>Gambit
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