Hello,

I've created a windows application with custom message loop, without using
an Application.Run method, and got all my forms not garbage-collected. Profiler
shows that forms' instances are referenced only by their own event handlers.
Clearing them manually helps, but this solution is not applicable for all
forms which can possibly be created inside the process. Can this somehow
be worked around?

Thanks,

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I think this is because
System.Windows.Forms.Application.AddMessageFilter(...) holds a reference to
your form. You should put somewhere RemoveMessageFilter


"Vyacheslav Lukianov" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I've created a windows application with custom message loop, without using
> an Application.Run method, and got all my forms not garbage-collected.
> Profiler shows that forms' instances are referenced only by their own
> event handlers. Clearing them manually helps, but this solution is not
> applicable for all forms which can possibly be created inside the process.
> Can this somehow be worked around?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Vyacheslav Lukianov
> Software Developer
> JetBrains, Inc.
> http://www.jetbrains.com
> "Develop with pleasure!"
>
>
>

Hello Giedrius,

G> I think this is because
G> System.Windows.Forms.Application.AddMessageFilter(...) holds a
G> reference to your form. You should put somewhere RemoveMessageFilter

Thanks for the reply! But the problem appeared not related to custom message
loop. Actually, we've discovered one more bug in Windows Forms. Briefly,
ListView.Dispose() doesn't unhook all event handlers from imagelists, which
are attached to the listview. So these imagelists do keep references to forms
containing such listsviews. Here is detailed description: http://blogs.jetbrains.com/yole/archives/000037.html.

--
Best regards,
Vyacheslav Lukianov
Software Developer
JetBrains, Inc.
http://www.jetbrains.com
"Develop with pleasure!"