RCW & reference counting when using COM interop in C#

Question

I have an application that uses Office interop assemblies. I am aware about the \"Runtime Callable Wrapper (RCW)\" managed by the runtime. But I am not very sure how the ref

Answer 1

You need to call Marshal.ReleaseComObject on your wrd variable to release your reference to the word application.

That way if Word is not visible and you shut your application, the exe will unload as well unless you have made it visible to the user.