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VB044

File opened but not closed

Visual Basic 6
Warning
VB6

An Open without a Close keeps the handle and its lock for the life of the process; the error path is where it usually escapes

an Open without a Close keeps the handle and its lock for the life of the process; the error path is where it usually escapes.

Why this severity

an Open without a Close keeps the handle and its lock for the life of the process; the error path is where it usually escapes.


Known false positives

closing delegated to a shared cleanup routine outside the procedure.

Remediation example

Open path For Output As #f
' ...
Close #f

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