Disposing question

[Patrick De Ridder]

I have been looking at an example, and there is something I don't
inderstand.

Given: form1 calls form2
---------

Question: What is the use of having these lines in form2
--------------
using System.ComponentModel;
....
private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;
....
protected override void Dispose(bool Disposing)
{
if(disposing)
{
components.Dispose();
}
base.Dispose(disposing);
}
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Patrick De Ridder
ng****@freeler.nl
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[Bill Priess]

They are required becuase System.Windows.Forms.Form inherits from Component
which requires Dispose to be overrideen for Garbage Collection (in layman's
terms...) ;)

HTH,

Bill P.

On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 20:37:54 +0200, Patrick De Ridder <ng****@freeler.nl>
wrote:

I have been looking at an example, and there is something I don't
inderstand.

Given: form1 calls form2
---------

Question: What is the use of having these lines in form2
--------------
using System.ComponentModel;
...
private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;
...
protected override void Dispose(bool Disposing)
{
if(disposing)
{
components.Dispose();
}
base.Dispose(disposing);
}
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Patrick De Ridder
ng****@freeler.nl
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[Bill Priess]

They are required becuase System.Windows.Forms.Form inherits from Component
which requires Dispose to be overrideen for Garbage Collection (in layman's
terms...) ;)

HTH,

Bill P.

On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 20:37:54 +0200, Patrick De Ridder <ng****@freeler.nl>
wrote:

I have been looking at an example, and there is something I don't
inderstand.

Given: form1 calls form2
---------

Question: What is the use of having these lines in form2
--------------
using System.ComponentModel;
...
private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;
...
protected override void Dispose(bool Disposing)
{
if(disposing)
{
components.Dispose();
}
base.Dispose(disposing);
}
--
Patrick De Ridder
ng****@freeler.nl
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[Patrick De Ridder]

On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 12:23:52 -0700, Bill Priess <no*****@nospam.com>
wrote:

They are required becuase System.Windows.Forms.Form inherits from Component
which requires Dispose to be overrideen for Garbage Collection (in layman's
terms...) ;)

I do understand that if you need a Dispose, you need to override and
redefine Dispose. But I don't understand why I need it because C#
looks after the garbage collecting automatically, unless I go outside
the .NET framework
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Patrick De Ridder
ng****@freeler.nl

[Patrick De Ridder]

On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 12:23:52 -0700, Bill Priess <no*****@nospam.com>
wrote:

They are required becuase System.Windows.Forms.Form inherits from Component
which requires Dispose to be overrideen for Garbage Collection (in layman's
terms...) ;)

I do understand that if you need a Dispose, you need to override and
redefine Dispose. But I don't understand why I need it because C#
looks after the garbage collecting automatically, unless I go outside
the .NET framework
--
Patrick De Ridder
ng****@freeler.nl

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

Patrick De Ridder wrote:
|| On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 12:23:52 -0700, Bill Priess <no*****@nospam.com>
|| wrote:
||
||| They are required becuase System.Windows.Forms.Form inherits from
||| Component which requires Dispose to be overrideen for Garbage
||| Collection (in layman's terms...) ;)
|| I do understand that if you need a Dispose, you need to override and
|| redefine Dispose. But I don't understand why I need it because C#
|| looks after the garbage collecting automatically, unless I go outside
|| the .NET framework
|| --
|| Patrick De Ridder
|| ng****@freeler.nl

The components collection contains references for child controls added to the form (those who take a IContainer in their
constructor). Windows Froms will call Dispose on the components collection when a form is closed, effectively calling Dispose on all
child controls and as such releasing all unmanaged resources used by them.

Willy.

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

Patrick De Ridder wrote:
|| On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 12:23:52 -0700, Bill Priess <no*****@nospam.com>
|| wrote:
||
||| They are required becuase System.Windows.Forms.Form inherits from
||| Component which requires Dispose to be overrideen for Garbage
||| Collection (in layman's terms...) ;)
|| I do understand that if you need a Dispose, you need to override and
|| redefine Dispose. But I don't understand why I need it because C#
|| looks after the garbage collecting automatically, unless I go outside
|| the .NET framework
|| --
|| Patrick De Ridder
|| ng****@freeler.nl

The components collection contains references for child controls added to the form (those who take a IContainer in their
constructor). Windows Froms will call Dispose on the components collection when a form is closed, effectively calling Dispose on all
child controls and as such releasing all unmanaged resources used by them.

Willy.

[Jon Skeet]

Patrick De Ridder <ng****@freeler.nl> wrote:

They are required becuase System.Windows.Forms.Form inherits from Component
which requires Dispose to be overrideen for Garbage Collection (in layman's
terms...) ;)

I do understand that if you need a Dispose, you need to override and
redefine Dispose. But I don't understand why I need it because C#
looks after the garbage collecting automatically, unless I go outside
the .NET framework

Garbage collection doesn't happen deterministically - so resources
which need disposing of as soon as they're no longer needed require a
different approach. See

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...l=/library/en-
us/cpgenref/html/cpconfinalizedispose.asp

which is also known as http://tinyurl.com/2k6e

for more information.

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[Jon Skeet]

Patrick De Ridder <ng****@freeler.nl> wrote:

They are required becuase System.Windows.Forms.Form inherits from Component
which requires Dispose to be overrideen for Garbage Collection (in layman's
terms...) ;)

I do understand that if you need a Dispose, you need to override and
redefine Dispose. But I don't understand why I need it because C#
looks after the garbage collecting automatically, unless I go outside
the .NET framework

Garbage collection doesn't happen deterministically - so resources
which need disposing of as soon as they're no longer needed require a
different approach. See

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...l=/library/en-
us/cpgenref/html/cpconfinalizedispose.asp

which is also known as http://tinyurl.com/2k6e

for more information.

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[Patrick De Ridder]

On Sat, 2 Aug 2003 07:33:15 +0100, Jon Skeet <sk***@pobox.com> wrote:

Garbage collection doesn't happen deterministically - so resources
which need disposing of as soon as they're no longer needed require a
different approach. See

Thank you.
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Patrick De Ridder
ng****@freeler.nl

[Patrick De Ridder]

On Sat, 2 Aug 2003 07:33:15 +0100, Jon Skeet <sk***@pobox.com> wrote:

Garbage collection doesn't happen deterministically - so resources
which need disposing of as soon as they're no longer needed require a
different approach. See

Thank you.
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Patrick De Ridder
ng****@freeler.nl