Dispose Method
.NET Framework Class Library
Control..::.Dispose Method

Enables a server control to perform final clean up before it is released from memory.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Overridable Sub Dispose
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As Control

instance.Dispose()
C#
public virtual void Dispose()
Visual C++
public:
virtual void Dispose()
JScript
public function Dispose()

Implements

IDisposable..::.Dispose()()()

Call Dispose when you are finished using the Control. The Dispose method leaves the Control in an unusable state. After calling this method, you must release all references to the control so the memory it was occupying can be reclaimed by garbage collection.

The following code example overrides the Dispose method to close the HtmlTextWriter object associated with a control, and call the Dispose method on a Button control, named myButton. If an Exception is thrown when this version of the Dispose method is called, the control writes a message to the current HttpResponse object.

Visual Basic
Public Overrides Sub Dispose()
   Try
      Context.Response.Write("Disposing " & ToString())
      ' Perform resource cleanup.
      myTextWriter.Close()
      myButton.Dispose()
   Catch myException As Exception
      Context.Response.Write("Exception occurred: " & myException.Message)
   End Try
End Sub
C#
public override void Dispose()
{
   try
   {
      Context.Response.Write("Disposing " + ToString());
      // Perform resource cleanup.
      myTextWriter.Close();
      myButton.Dispose();
   }
   catch(Exception myException)
   {
      Context.Response.Write("Exception occurred: "+myException.Message);
   }
}

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
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