[RESOLVED] should a WebControl be disposed or not?

[dannystommen]

In my gridview rowdatabound event I have the following code

         if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow) {
            line_item item = e.Row.DataItem as line_item;

            if (!item.active)
               (e.Row.FindControl("linkName") as HyperLink).CssClass = "inactive";
            (e.Row.FindControl("linkName") as HyperLink).NavigateUrl = "someUrl.aspx?id=" + 
item.id;
            //do some more stuff with linkName
         }

To improve its readablity in changed it to

         if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow) {
            line_item item = e.Row.DataItem as line_item;

            HyperLink linkName = (e.Row.FindControl("linkName") as HyperLink);
            if (!item.active)
               linkName.CssClass = "inactive";
            linkName.NavigateUrl = "someUrl.aspx?id=" + item.id;
            //do some more stuff with linkName

            // linkName.Dispose(); ????
         }

My question, should the created Hyperlink 'linkName' be disposed or not?

[Shuja Ali]

Not required. You are just creating a reference to an object that has already been created and you don't need to dispose off an object that is used in the page.

HyperLink linkName = (e.Row.FindControl("linkName") as HyperLink);
, isn't this statement same as

string s1 = "It's me";
//s2 is actually referring to s1 :)
string s2 = s1;

[dannystommen]

Ok clear. Thanks