exception using visual C++

[meng-kim]

I try to create a simple project to using the following code but encounter exception when the program exit.   #include <xercesc/util/PlatformUtils.hpp> //#include <xercesc/sax/SAXException.hpp> //#include <xercesc/sax/SAXParseException.hpp> #include <xercesc/parsers/DOMParser.hpp> //#include <xercesc/dom/DOM_DOMException.hpp> //#include "DOMCount.hpp" #include <string.h> #include <stdlib.h> //#include <fstream.h> #include "iostream.h"   int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {  XMLPlatformUtils::Initialize();    const char*              xmlFile = "e:\\temp\\LogConfiguration.xml";    // Instantiate the DOM parser.  DOMParser* parser = new DOMParser;    // And create our error handler and install it  //DOMCountErrorHandler errorHandler;  //parser->setErrorHandler(&errorHandler);    parser->parse(xmlFile);      DOM_Document doc = parser->getDocument();     //unsigned int elementCount = doc.getElementsByTagName("*").getLength();       // Print out the stats that we collected and time taken.     //cout << xmlFile << ": "    << elementCount << " elems)." << endl;       //     //  Delete the parser itself.  Must be done prior to calling Terminate, below.     //     delete parser;  parser = NULL;    // And call the termination method  //crush, why?????  XMLPlatformUtils::Terminate();    return 0; } logConfiguration.xml ========================================================== <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <LogConfiguration>  <General>   <filename>1.txt</filename>  </General>    <CMRCallLog>   <PhoneNo>123</PhoneNo>  </CMRCallLog>   </LogConfiguration>   When the program terminates, it will encounter exception. However, removal of XMLPlatformUtils::Terminate() fix the problems. Why?     Thanks