Do you use a form's Dispose Method?

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thelenj - 28 Oct 2004 19:39 GMT

I create a form in a sub.
The form just displays some information for the user and then the user may
close it.

Should I be calling the forms Dispose method?
Why?

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Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook] - 28 Oct 2004 20:29 GMT

Thelenj,
If you use Form.Show, then you DO NOT need to use Form.Dispose.

If you use Form.ShowDialog, then you NEED to use Form.Dispose.

The reason being is that a modeless form (Form.Show) calls Form.Dispose as
part of its closing event. Where as a modal form (Form.ShowDialog) does not
call Form.Dispose as part of its closing event, allowing you to retrieve
values from any controls after showing the dialog.

For details see:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlr
fSystemWindowsFormsFormClassCloseTopic.asp

Hope this helps
Jay

>I create a form in a sub.
> The form just displays some information for the user and then the user may
> close it.
>
> Should I be calling the forms Dispose method?
> Why?

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