When I instantiate a Brush resource such as a solidbrush, do I need to
dispose the resource when I'm finished or will it automatically be disposed
when the function/sub it's used in ends? Thank you for any replies.
--
Dennis in Houston
5  2285 
"Dennis" <De****@discuss ions.microsoft. com> schrieb: When I instantiate a Brush resource such as a solidbrush, do I need to
dispose the resource when I'm finished or will it automatically be
disposed
when the function/sub it's used in ends?
It won't be disposed automatically when the method ends. The GC will
dispose it when it does its cleanup. So, always call 'Dispose' when you
don't need a pen, brush, ... any more.
--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>
Dennis,
As Herfried stated: always call "Dispose" when you don't need a pen, brush,
.... any more
That you created!
If you got the brush from System.Drawing. Brushes or a pen from
System.Drawing. Pens you do not need to call Dispose on them, in fact you
will get an exception if you do, as System.Drawing. Brushes "owns" that brush
& its not nice to dispose of a resource you do not "own"... As that resource
may actually be shared within your app...
Hope this helps
Jay
"Dennis" <De****@discuss ions.microsoft. com> wrote in message
news:73******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com... When I instantiate a Brush resource such as a solidbrush, do I need to
dispose the resource when I'm finished or will it automatically be
disposed
when the function/sub it's used in ends? Thank you for any replies.
--
Dennis in Houston
Thanks Jay. In a sub, I have dimensioned a variable as "Brush" then use it
to define new brushes throughout the sub. Will the following properly
dispose of the brush or should I dispose of each new brush I create:
dim mybrush as Brush
mybrush = new solidbrush(Colo r.Red)
............... ...
mybrush = new solidbrush(Colo r.Blue)
............... ..
mybrush.dispose
or should I do the following:
dim mybrush as brush = new solidbrush(Colo r.Red)
.......
mybrush.dispose
dim mybrush as brush = new solidbrush(Colo r.Blue)
......
mybrush.dispose
Thanks.
"Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: Dennis,
As Herfried stated: always call "Dispose" when you don't need a pen, brush,
.... any more
That you created!
If you got the brush from System.Drawing. Brushes or a pen from
System.Drawing. Pens you do not need to call Dispose on them, in fact you
will get an exception if you do, as System.Drawing. Brushes "owns" that brush
& its not nice to dispose of a resource you do not "own"... As that resource
may actually be shared within your app...
Hope this helps
Jay
"Dennis" <De****@discuss ions.microsoft. com> wrote in message
news:73******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com... When I instantiate a Brush resource such as a solidbrush, do I need to
dispose the resource when I'm finished or will it automatically be
disposed
when the function/sub it's used in ends? Thank you for any replies.
--
Dennis in Houston
Dennis,
For each brush you create (New SolidBrush) you need to call Dispose on it!
So Yes! you should do the following. or should I do the following:
dim mybrush as brush = new solidbrush(Colo r.Red)
.......
mybrush.dispose
dim mybrush as brush = new solidbrush(Colo r.Blue)
......
mybrush.dispose
Otherwise the Red Brush will not be disposed of for a "long" time...
If there is the slightest chance that "......" will throw an exception you
should wrap the above in a Try/Finally...
dim mybrush as brush
Try
mybrush = new solidbrush(Colo r.Red) .......
Finally mybrush.dispose
End Try
Try
mybrush = new solidbrush(Colo r.Blue) ......
Finally mybrush.dispose
End Try
In VB.NET 2005 (aka Whidbey, due out later in 2005) there will be a new
Using statement that will simplify the Try/Finally Dispose pattern.
Using mybrush as brush = new solidbrush(Colo r.Red) ......
End Using
For info on VB.NET 2005 see http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/
Hope this helps
Jay
"Dennis" <De****@discuss ions.microsoft. com> wrote in message
news:3E******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com... Thanks Jay. In a sub, I have dimensioned a variable as "Brush" then use
it
to define new brushes throughout the sub. Will the following properly
dispose of the brush or should I dispose of each new brush I create:
dim mybrush as Brush
mybrush = new solidbrush(Colo r.Red)
............... ...
mybrush = new solidbrush(Colo r.Blue)
............... ..
mybrush.dispose
or should I do the following:
dim mybrush as brush = new solidbrush(Colo r.Red)
.......
mybrush.dispose
dim mybrush as brush = new solidbrush(Colo r.Blue)
......
mybrush.dispose
Thanks.
"Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
Dennis,
As Herfried stated: always call "Dispose" when you don't need a pen,
brush,
.... any more
That you created!
If you got the brush from System.Drawing. Brushes or a pen from
System.Drawing. Pens you do not need to call Dispose on them, in fact you
will get an exception if you do, as System.Drawing. Brushes "owns" that
brush
& its not nice to dispose of a resource you do not "own"... As that
resource
may actually be shared within your app...
Hope this helps
Jay
"Dennis" <De****@discuss ions.microsoft. com> wrote in message
news:73******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com... > When I instantiate a Brush resource such as a solidbrush, do I need to
> dispose the resource when I'm finished or will it automatically be
> disposed
> when the function/sub it's used in ends? Thank you for any replies.
> --
> Dennis in Houston
Thanks for your insight. That may be why my applications slows after a while
as I wasn't disposing of all the brushes and pens.
"Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: Dennis,
For each brush you create (New SolidBrush) you need to call Dispose on it!
So Yes! you should do the following. or should I do the following:
dim mybrush as brush = new solidbrush(Colo r.Red)
.......
mybrush.dispose
dim mybrush as brush = new solidbrush(Colo r.Blue)
......
mybrush.dispose
Otherwise the Red Brush will not be disposed of for a "long" time...
If there is the slightest chance that "......" will throw an exception you
should wrap the above in a Try/Finally...
dim mybrush as brush
Try
mybrush = new solidbrush(Colo r.Red) .......
Finally mybrush.dispose
End Try
Try
mybrush = new solidbrush(Colo r.Blue) ......
Finally mybrush.dispose
End Try
In VB.NET 2005 (aka Whidbey, due out later in 2005) there will be a new
Using statement that will simplify the Try/Finally Dispose pattern.
Using mybrush as brush = new solidbrush(Colo r.Red) ......
End Using
For info on VB.NET 2005 see http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/
Hope this helps
Jay
"Dennis" <De****@discuss ions.microsoft. com> wrote in message
news:3E******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com... Thanks Jay. In a sub, I have dimensioned a variable as "Brush" then use
it
to define new brushes throughout the sub. Will the following properly
dispose of the brush or should I dispose of each new brush I create:
dim mybrush as Brush
mybrush = new solidbrush(Colo r.Red)
............... ...
mybrush = new solidbrush(Colo r.Blue)
............... ..
mybrush.dispose
or should I do the following:
dim mybrush as brush = new solidbrush(Colo r.Red)
.......
mybrush.dispose
dim mybrush as brush = new solidbrush(Colo r.Blue)
......
mybrush.dispose
Thanks.
"Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
Dennis,
As Herfried stated: always call "Dispose" when you don't need a pen,
brush,
.... any more
That you created!
If you got the brush from System.Drawing. Brushes or a pen from
System.Drawing. Pens you do not need to call Dispose on them, in fact you
will get an exception if you do, as System.Drawing. Brushes "owns" that
brush
& its not nice to dispose of a resource you do not "own"... As that
resource
may actually be shared within your app...
Hope this helps
Jay
"Dennis" <De****@discuss ions.microsoft. com> wrote in message
news:73******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...
> When I instantiate a Brush resource such as a solidbrush, do I need to
> dispose the resource when I'm finished or will it automatically be
> disposed
> when the function/sub it's used in ends? Thank you for any replies.
> --
> Dennis in Houston
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