Re: Trouble of GDI+ generic error!

Thanks for your reply james,

Regardingon the those managed GDI+ objects(such as Pen, Brush, Font ....),
you're recommended to dispose it rigth after you've finished using it (in a
certain GDI+ function call such as DrawXXX). Generally, you can consider
put the object disposing code at the end of the certain function which
perform a GDI+ task.

In addition, here is a GDI+ FAQ article about when to dispose object:

#Disposing of GDI+ resources
http://www.bobpowell.net/disposing_of_resources.htm

and there are many other useful faq articles on GDI+ there:

http://www.bobpowell.net/faqmain.htm

Hope this also helps.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead


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