"Tom" <tom@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:OKVP9kILEHA.2400@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Let's say I have a user control that I wrote in VB.NET. When it is loaded
> I
> open a file; now, when the user control terminates, I need to close that
> file.
>
> In VB6 this was easy because it had a UserControl_Terminate event;
> however,
> there is no such event for .NET. How is this handled, especially with
> .NET's
> garbage collection? True, I could code some CloseFile routine that I could
> call prior to leaving the form that has the control on it, but it seems
> there should be a more 'automatic' way.....
>
> Tom
>
>