destroying objects 1

[nigz]

In vb 6 you set an object to nothing. What's the best way to destroy an object and force garbage collection?

I have used the following code to destroy a form, it works but seems a bit 'over the top' - grateful for your suggestions.

frmNew.Close()
frmNew.Dispose()
frmNew = Nothing

 

[Craig0201]

Don't bother.....

Let the Garbage Collector do it for you.....

Craig

 

[JohnYingling]

Do bother to Close forms and set any reference that will not go "out of scope" to Nothing. Then let GC do its work in time.
frmNew.Close()
frmNew = Nothing
Dispose is described as
"This member supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code."

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[nigz]

Thanks guys for your help - I like the belt & braces approach so will be setting my objects to nothing.

 

[JohnYingling]

I take that to be the US equivalent of "belt AND suspenders". However, it is not extra caution to set a reference to Nothing in a long lifetime object because the GC can not "collect" any object that is still referenced by a variable that is still "in scope", that is, resides in a still active object such as a "main form". Setting the reference to Nothing is the only way to have that object collected by the GC before the "main form" is closed.

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[nigz]

lol - yeah Belt & braces, much the same thing - thenks for your help so really as far as destroying objects goes - the rules I used in vb6 still appy. N