When is Dispose necessary?

Question

When you have code like:

Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap ( 100, 100 );
Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage ( bmp );

Pen p = new Pen ( Color.FromArgb ( 128, Color.Blue )         


        

Answer 1

I know other people have put code examples here, but I started so I'll finish:

using (Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(100, 100))
{
  using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bmp))
  {
    using (Pen p = new Pen(Color.FromArgb(128, Color.Blue), 1))
    {
      using (Brush b = new SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(128, Color.Blue)))
      {
        g.FillEllipse(b, 0, 0, 99, 99);
        g.FillRegion(b, pictureBox1.Region);

        pictureBox1.BackColor = Color.Transparent;
        pictureBox1.Image = bmp;
      }
    }
  }
}

I always use using in my code since it calls Dispose() on your object automatically, even if there is an exception raised in the using block. I use it a lot for SharePoint projects (but that's another story...).