Dispose of dictionary

[valleyJim]

Hi all!

I have a dictionary that I am using for a program and I would like to be able to close the dictionary without closing the form.

I have tried unload, dispose and everything I can think of.

The data is displayed in a listbox and a textbox. I can clear these but, of course, it doesn't release all of the variables. So if I try to reload the file I get a key already exists message.

So, is there any way to close the form data and release all of the key/value pairs?

Thanks!
Jim

[GremlinSA]

Show some code of how your assigning these variables and the dictionary.. maybe there's something not quite right there...

[HanneSThEGreaT]

Have you tried DictionaryObject.Clear before the call to Dispose it?

[valleyJim]

Thanks for the replies!

If I try to clear then dispose it exits the app and that is not what I am trying to do......

The code that I am using to create the dict is pretty straightforward.

'Open File
    Private Sub btnOpen_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
   ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnOpen.Click

        If c4wFile.ShowDialog() = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
            srFileReader = System.IO.File.OpenText(c4wFile.FileName)

            strLast = srFileReader.ReadLine()

            Do Until strLast = ""
                SplitSTR = Split(strLast, "|")
                lbxName.Items.Add(SplitSTR(0))
                dict.Add(SplitSTR(0), SplitSTR(1))
                strLast = srFileReader.ReadLine()
            Loop
            srFileReader.Close()
            srFileReader.Dispose()

        End If

    End Sub

I am just having a problem closing the file for some reason.