Process class,

[cronusf]

I am using the Process class to launch a process. But other than
that, I do not need a reference to a Process object. So my question
is, after I call Process.Start, can I call Dispose on the Process
reference and be done with it? I don't want it to shutdown the
process I launched.

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

I am using the Process class to launch a process. But other than
that, I do not need a reference to a Process object. So my question
is, after I call Process.Start, can I call Dispose on the Process
reference and be done with it? I don't want it to shutdown the
process I launched.

Dispose is supposed to release unmanaged resources. An OS process
is an unmanaged resource. I would expect Dispose to kill the
process. But the documentation does not confirm. Maybe you should
make a little experiment.

Arne

 

[Phil Wilson]

This what Reflector is for ;=)

Looks like it just releases the handles and stops waiting for the process to
exit.