What are the uses of “using” in C#?

Question

User kokos answered the wonderful Hidden Features of C# question by mentioning the using keyword. Can you elaborate on that? What are the uses of

Answer 1

Using Clause is used to define the scope for the particular variable. For example:

     Using(SqlConnection conn=new SqlConnection(ConnectionString)
            {
                Conn.Open()
            // Execute sql statements here.
           // You do not have to close the connection explicitly here as "USING" will close the connection once the object Conn becomes out of the defined scope.
            }