'Class_Terminate' event is no longer supported

'Class_Terminate' event is no longer supported. Use 'Sub Finalize' to free resources.

The Class_Terminate event of previous versions of Visual Basic is replaced by class destructors.

By default, this message is a warning. For information on hiding warnings or treating warnings as errors, see Configuring Warnings in Visual Basic.

Error ID: BC42002

To correct this error

  • Declare a Sub procedure named Finalize to terminate a class. Sub Finalize is called when the garbage collector detects that there are no more active references to the instance.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Implement the Dispose Finalize Pattern (Visual Basic)

Concepts

Classes for Visual Basic 6.0 Users

Reference

Using Constructors and Destructors