C# Win Form App Font Disposal for auto generated code

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Greetings, I have a C# windows form application with text and the font code is apparently auto generated and placed in the Form.Designer.cs file. I've been told that I need to ensure the font is disposed correctly but since it is auto generated code, I am unsure as to how to go about it. So, I searched and found this:

You can control the disposal of Font by including in using construct pattern. In the calling main, you should wrap the Application inside the using construct of the Form.

Example:

Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
Application.Run(new FrmMainUtility());

to this:

Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
using (FrmMainUtility form = new FrmMainUtility())
{
Application.Run(form);
}

Does this look correct to you? Is this a technique I can use to accomplish a clean disposal of the fonts?

I realize that there are Dispose methods that are standard practice, but I'd like to know if the above code works to dispose the fonts.
Note: My app has been subject to a HP Fortify scan. This example taken from :
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21769908/how-and-when-is-font-disposed-for-winforms-controls[^]

Posted 30-Dec-14 11:54am

radnix

Updated 31-Dec-14 2:29am

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BillWoodruff 31-Dec-14 5:18am

I am not sure if ... at this point in time ... a WinForms app really needs extra code to properly dispose of Fonts specified at design-time.

Do you have a link to any source that provides an explanation of this ?

Philippe Mori 31-Dec-14 11:01am

Auto-generated code properly works and will dispose stuff added in the designer file. You typically only have to dispose stuff that you create yourself.

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Snesh Prajapati · Answer 1 · 2014-12-30T15:48:00

There is a blog post at below link discussing similar issue:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ploeh/archive/2006/08/10/howtodisposemembersfromforms.aspx[^]
It describes how to dispose Members From Forms. In the comments section of that post Author has provided below code with explanation.

C#

public partial class MyForm : Form
{
    private MyDisposable myDisposable_;

    public MyForm()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        this.myDisposable_ =
            new MyDisposable("Goodbye, World");

            this.Disposed += new EventHandler(this.OnMyFormDisposed);
    }

    void OnMyFormDisposed(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        this.myDisposable_.Dispose();
    }
}

further below links would be helpful:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1052147/how-do-i-extend-a-winforms-dispose-method[^]

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jfoscoding/archive/2005/08/12/450835.aspx[^]

Thanks.