How to exit a c# program and free resources

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consider this loop:

C#

while(true)
{
...
    if(expr == true)
    {
        //exit program
    }
...
}

I just wana do that "exit program". When I use the close() method the form is closed but the program is still running. Even when I use dispose() is the same thing. I used to do this with exit(0) in c++. Whats the equivalent in c#?

Posted 1-Dec-10 8:51am

cs101000

Updated 1-Dec-10 9:33am

fjdiewornncalwe

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Solution 3

I have also been told that:

System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().Kill();

Can do a decent job of releasing resources and stopping the process, but I'm not sure if it is the best solution to your situation.

Posted 1-Dec-10 10:51am

wizardzz

Updated 3-Dec-10 4:09am

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#realJSOP · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-01T09:03:00

Solution 1

You shouldn't ever assume that calling "exit", or in this case "close" will clean up allocations, abort threads, and release resources. I think I'm one of the few people here that uses destructors, empties collections, unhook delegates, etc before letting the program "close".

Posted 1-Dec-10 9:03am

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HimanshuJoshi · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-01T09:08:00

Solution 2

Application.Exit()[^] method can be used as equivalent of exit(0) in C++. However, you must call necessary destructors, empty the collections used and unhook the delegates etc., before doing this.

Posted 1-Dec-10 9:08am

HimanshuJoshi