What is the Dispose method in Visual Basic

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What is the Dispose method in Visual Basic and explain it with example ?

Martin van Eerde · Answer

MSDN generally has good API documentation you can read about Dispose here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.idisposable.dispose(v=VS.80).aspx

Gary · Answer

Any object that impliments IDisposable you should call Dispose when you're done with it. If frmSettings.ShowDialog = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then 'do Something End If frmSettings.Close() frmSettings.Dispose() Here is a good starting point for further reading. http://madgeek.com/Articles/Leaks/Leaks.en.html Also Google- Dispose .net