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WinForms Controls.Clear() cause memory leaks?

Vinaya

I have created a windows application, where on the form i have one pannel, in which i have lots of control, when i tried to call panel.Controls.clear(), to remove the existing controls , memory leaks and when i try to add the controls again, i got an exception. Please help!!!

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naura pax17y ago
Accepted answer
Calling the Clear method does not remove control handles from memory. You must explicitly call the Dispose method to avoid memory leaks.
Master Billa17y ago
HI

WinForms Controls.Clear(), its just remove the object from the control collection array, not from the momery.

if you need call forcefully dispose the object from the memory.

http://c-sharpexpertizer.blogspot.com/2008/09/finalize-vs-dispose-in-c.html

thank you