Ben,

I was in the middle of replying to this when you posted your workaround.

My point in asking the questions I asked was that I'm pretty sure that all you really needed to do was override the UserControl's Dispose method (you don't need the Implements IDisposable in your class, since UserControl is already IDisposable). Then clsExamSelection.Dispose() method gets called as the Form disposes of it's contained controls and itself. Your clsExamSelection.Dispose() method would only contain two statements: the Me.PrivateDataSet_Destroy() and the base.Dispose(disposing).

~~Bonnie




>>How did you create the custom control? Is it sub-classed from UserControl? It probably should be if it's not. And how did you create the dispose method? Did you override the base class Dispose?
>
>Here is my (Hidden) Class Signature:
>

>Partial Class clsExamSelection
>    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.UserControl
>.
>.
>.
>End Class
>

>
>
>Here is my visible Class code:
>

>Public Class clsExamSelection : Implements IDisposable
>
>    Public Overloads Sub Dispose()
>        '************************************************************************
>        ' Procedure/Function: Dispose()
>        ' Author: Ben Santiago
>        ' Last Revision: 02/23/2007
>        ' Description:
>        '       Disposes of internal resources (if any) and prevents the Finalize
>        '       routine from running so that the GarbageCollector doesn't attempt
>        '       to dispose this object again.
>        '************************************************************************
>
>        Dispose(True)
>        GC.SuppressFinalize(Me)
>    End Sub
>
>    Protected Overridable Overloads Sub Dispose(ByVal Disposing As Boolean)
>        '************************************************************************
>        ' Procedure/Function: Dispose()
>        ' Author: Ben Santiago
>        ' Last Revision: 02/23/2007
>        ' Description:
>        '       Manually disposes additional objects if needed.
>        '************************************************************************
>
>        Try
>            If Disposing Then
>                '***************************************
>                ' Dispose Of Individual Components
>                '***************************************
>                If components IsNot Nothing Then
>                    components.Dispose()
>                End If
>            End If
>
>            '***************************************
>            ' Remove Private DataSet
>            '***************************************
>            MessageBox.Show("Removing DataSet")
>            Me.PrivateDataSet_Destroy()
>        Finally
>            '***************************************
>            ' Call Base Dispose Method
>            '***************************************
>            MyBase.Dispose(Disposing)
>        End Try
>    End Sub
>
>    Protected Overrides Sub Finalize()
>        '************************************************************************
>        ' Procedure/Function: Finalize()
>        ' Author: Ben Santiago
>        ' Last Revision: 02/23/2007
>        ' Description:
>        '       Auto dispose this object when nothing references this object,
>        '       using Garbage Collection.
>        '************************************************************************
>
>        Dispose(False)
>    End Sub
>
>End Class
>