Call CoInitialize before using Win 7 Location API.

chrome/browser/geolocation/win7_location_api_win.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2010 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "chrome/browser/geolocation/win7_location_api_win.h"
 
 #include "base/base_paths_win.h"
 #include "base/command_line.h"
 #include "base/file_path.h"
 #include "base/logging.h"
 #include "base/path_service.h"
+#include "base/scoped_ptr.h"
 #include "chrome/common/chrome_switches.h"
 #include "chrome/common/geoposition.h"
 
 namespace {
 const double kKnotsToMetresPerSecondConversionFactor = 0.5144;
 
 void ConvertKnotsToMetresPerSecond(double* knots) {
   *knots *= kKnotsToMetresPerSecondConversionFactor;
 }
 
 HINSTANCE LoadWin7Library(const string16& lib_name) {
   FilePath sys_dir;
   PathService::Get(base::DIR_SYSTEM, &sys_dir);
   return LoadLibrary(sys_dir.Append(lib_name).value().c_str());
 }
 }
 
-Win7LocationApi::Win7LocationApi(
-    HINSTANCE prop_library,
+Win7LocationApi::Win7LocationApi()
+    : prop_lib_(0),
+      PropVariantToDouble_function_(0),
+      locator_(0) {
+}
+
+void Win7LocationApi::Init(HINSTANCE prop_library,
     PropVariantToDoubleFunction PropVariantToDouble_function,
-    ILocation* locator)
-    : prop_lib_(prop_library),
-      PropVariantToDouble_function_(PropVariantToDouble_function),
-      locator_(locator) {
+    ILocation* locator) {
+  prop_lib_ = prop_library;
+  PropVariantToDouble_function_ = PropVariantToDouble_function;
+  locator_ = locator;
 }
 
 Win7LocationApi::~Win7LocationApi() {
   if (prop_lib_ != NULL)
     FreeLibrary(prop_lib_);
 }
 
 Win7LocationApi* Win7LocationApi::Create() {
   if (!CommandLine::ForCurrentProcess()
       ->HasSwitch(switches::kExperimentalLocationFeatures))
     return NULL;
+
+  scoped_ptr<Win7LocationApi> result(new Win7LocationApi);
   // Load probsys.dll
   string16 lib_needed = L"propsys.dll";
   HINSTANCE prop_lib = LoadWin7Library(lib_needed);
   if (!prop_lib)
     return NULL;
   // Get pointer to function.
   PropVariantToDoubleFunction PropVariantToDouble_function;
   PropVariantToDouble_function =
       reinterpret_cast<PropVariantToDoubleFunction>(
           GetProcAddress(prop_lib, "PropVariantToDouble"));
   if (!PropVariantToDouble_function) {
     FreeLibrary(prop_lib);
     return NULL;
   }
   // Create the ILocation object that receives location reports.
   HRESULT result_type;
   CComPtr<ILocation> locator;
   result_type = CoCreateInstance(
       CLSID_Location, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC, IID_PPV_ARGS(&locator));
   if (!SUCCEEDED(result_type)) {
     FreeLibrary(prop_lib);
     return NULL;
   }
   IID reports_needed[] = { IID_ILatLongReport };
   result_type = locator->RequestPermissions(NULL, reports_needed, 1, TRUE);
-  return new Win7LocationApi(prop_lib,
-                             PropVariantToDouble_function,
-                             locator);
+  result->Init(prop_lib, PropVariantToDouble_function, locator);
+  return result.release();  
 }
 
 void Win7LocationApi::GetPosition(Geoposition* position) {
   DCHECK(position);
   position->error_code = Geoposition::ERROR_CODE_POSITION_UNAVAILABLE;
   if (!locator_)
     return;
   // Try to get a position fix
   if (!GetPositionIfFixed(position))
     return;
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   return true;
 }
 
 bool Win7LocationApi::SetHighAccuracy(bool acc) {
   HRESULT result_type;
   result_type = locator_->SetDesiredAccuracy(IID_ILatLongReport,
       acc ? LOCATION_DESIRED_ACCURACY_HIGH :
             LOCATION_DESIRED_ACCURACY_DEFAULT);
   return SUCCEEDED(result_type);
 }