Timothy V wrote:

> When you create an instance of an XmlTextReader and give it a file to open
> (constructor), does it automatically close the file when the destructor is
> invoked (ie. automatically invokes method Close() when destructing)? Or do I
> have to invoke the Close() method myself to close the file?

Timothy V wrote:

> Thanks, but i would have thought it logical to automatically close the file
> once the instance no longer exists. Oh well...

"Oleg Tkachenko [MVP]" <oleg@NO!SPAM!PLEASEtkachenko.com> wrote in message
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> Timothy V wrote:
>
>> When you create an instance of an XmlTextReader and give it a file to
>> open (constructor), does it automatically close the file when the
>> destructor is invoked (ie. automatically invokes method Close() when
>> destructing)? Or do I have to invoke the Close() method myself to close
>> the file?
>
> XmlTextReader doesn't have a destructor and doesn't implement IDisposable.
> So you have to call Close() once you done with XmlTextReader instance.
>
> --
> Oleg Tkachenko [XML MVP]
> http://blog.tkachenko.com