# DocumentController.Dispose Method

> Frees all resources used by the DocumentController instance.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Method
- **Introduced:** 15.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.DocumentServer`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WPF.SDK` (assembly `TXDocumentServer.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXDocumentServer.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF > Reference > TXTextControl.DocumentServer > DocumentController.Dispose Method
- **416 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver/documentcontroller/dispose-method/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver/documentcontroller/dispose-method/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver/documentcontroller/dispose-method/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Frees all resources used by the DocumentController instance.

### Syntax

#### Dispose()

Frees all resources used by the DocumentController instance.

```csharp
public virtual void Dispose();
```

```vbnet
Public Overridable Sub Dispose()
```

#### Dispose(bool)

```csharp
protected override void Dispose(bool disposing);
```

```vbnet
Protected Overrides Sub Dispose(disposing As Boolean)
```

### Examples

The following example uses Dispose in a focused Document Controller workflow. The created object is then available to the surrounding document workflow.

```csharp
documentController.Dispose();
Console.WriteLine("Document Controller is ready for use.");
```

```vbnet
documentController.Dispose()
Console.WriteLine("Document Controller is ready for use.")
```

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## Nearby

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