Right way to dispose Image/Bitmap and PictureBox

Question

I am trying to develop a Windows Mobile 6 (in WF/C#) application. There is only one form and on the form there is only a PictureBox object. On it I draw all desired controls

Answer 1

1: I dont know if it works in Windows Mobile but try this:

FileStream bitmapFile = new FileStream("mybitmap.bmp", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite);
Image loaded = new Bitmap(bitmapFile);

2: The SolidBrush must be disposed. There is a general rule for dispose. --> "every object, instanciated by you, that implements dispose must be disposed manually, exept when the object is a return/ref/out value"

In this case it is better to use a using statement

using (new objecttodispose){ ..... } 

The using statement will ensure the call of Dispose() in any case (exception for example).

3: Dispose() will free the bitmap ressources.