what it means?

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I read MSDN help file "Class vs. Component vs. Control"
and it said I need to implement IDisposable whenever I
use the external resources. What "external resources"
include? bitmap, icon, Mutex, ...?
 
Hi Kathy

Yes, external resources include bitmaps, sounds, COM objects, etc, basically anything that is allocated by you. Since these resources are not automatically garbage
collected, you need to free them when you're finished with them (otherwise you'll have a memory leak). The recommended way to do this freeing through the Dispose pattern.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d.../en-us/cpgenref/html/cpconfinalizedispose.asp

Hope that helps

-Chris

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I read MSDN help file "Class vs. Component vs. Control"
and it said I need to implement IDisposable whenever I
use the external resources. What "external resources"
include? bitmap, icon, Mutex, ...?
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