Question

Is there something that needs to be done with the following code to release the memory it uses?

  Dim objImage As MemoryStream
  Dim objwebClient As WebClient
  Dim sURL As String = Trim(m_StationInterface.PicLocation)

  objwebClient = New WebClient
  objImage = New MemoryStream(objwebClient.DownloadData(sURL))
  m_imgLiftingEye.Image = Image.FromStream(objImage)

The code is on a popup form that shouldn’t ever get disposed. A new image is loaded onto the form every time it pops up. However, the process size for the application continues to grow each time it makes it through that code block.

I’ve tried objImage.Close() and .Flush(), objWebClient.Dispose(). The process size still grows by a good 4mb after every call. It’s like the old image is kept in memory.

Answer 1

Image implements IDisposable, so you should Dispose the old image before replacing it with a new one.

Something like (bear with me, I haven’t used VB in a while):

Dim objImage As MemoryStream
Dim objwebClient As WebClient
Dim sURL As String = Trim(m_StationInterface.PicLocation)

objwebClient = New WebClient
objImage = New MemoryStream(objwebClient.DownloadData(sURL))

If m_imgLiftingEye.Image Is Not Nothing Then
    m_imgLiftingEye.Image.Dispose()
End If
m_imgLiftingEye.Image = Image.FromStream(objImage)