Jim,

>I would like to add my voice to Claudio, Glebas, and Jan in their
>dislike of an explicit delete or release of an exception object.
>I can also confirm that the approach outlined above is proper
>and correct C++ usage.
>
>Unfortunately, it doesn't work in MSVC++ V5. No compiler errors, but
>the exception doesn't get caught. I haven't checked out g++, but the
>question, I fear, is moot.
>
>Anybody have any ideas?

Borland had it right since version 3.1 of Borland C++ for DOS.
If you are forced to use MSVC compiler, why don't you upgrade to version 6
as long as Bill has figured out this:

>"STATUS This bug was corrected in Microsoft Visual C++, version 6.0."

Glebas