Understanding the Finalize Method
The Finalize method can be considered as a destructor that executes code just before an object is effectively destroyed, that is when memory should be effectively released. This method is inherited from System.Object; therefore any class can implement the method by declaring it as Protected Overrides, as follows:
Protected Overrides Sub Finalize() 'Write your code here for releasing 'such as closing db connections, 'closing network connections, 'and other resources that VB cannot understand MyBase.Finalize() 'this is just the base implementationEnd Sub
If you need to destroy an object that simply uses memory, do not invoke Finalize. You need to invoke it when your ...
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