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What is the Diff between dispose() and close() ?

Posted 23-Jul-12 17:46pm

ianshack

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They do different things. Do you not have google or own a VB book ? Dispose is an interface for anything that has resources that need to be freed, it frees them right away instead of when GC occurs (which may be never). Close closes an object. there is no reason to assume that every method that has one method, has the other. It's fair to say that if you read the documentation for the object you're using, it would explain this.

Posted 23-Jul-12 18:04pm

Christian Graus

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Christian Graus 24-Jul-12 0:40am

The solution you marked as the answer, has three links that explain the answer. I bet a simple google is how he found them.

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Difference between Close() and Dispose() Method[^]

Posted 23-Jul-12 18:25pm

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Prasad_Kulkarni · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-23T18:12:00

The basic difference between Close() and Dispose() is,

when a Close() method is called, any managed resource can be temporarily closed and can be opened once again.
It means that, with the same object the resource can be reopened or used.

Where as Dispose() method permanently removes any resource ((un)managed) from memory for cleanup and the resource no longer exists for any further processing.
Ref.:Close() & Dispose()[^]

Have a look:
.Close() vs .Dispose() which difference[^]
IDisposable.Dispose Method[^]
When and How to Use Dispose[^]