Stupid Question 97: What is the difference between close and dispose in Net?

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In most .Net classes there isn’t any difference between close and dispose, besides the name. In WinRT they are always identical, while in general in .Net there are just a few exceptions such as database connections where close just closes the connection (and can later be reopened) and System.Windows.Forms.Form.

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Dispose usually comes from deriving from IDisposable. Thus you can use "using" in C#.
Dispose almost always calls Close() behind the scene. 

Last modified on 2012-12-05