How to remove all event handlers from an event

Question

To create a new event handler on a control you can do this

c.Click += new EventHandler(mainFormButton_Click);

or this

c.Cli         


        

Answer 1

I'm actually using this method and it works perfectly. I was 'inspired' by the code written by Aeonhack here.

Public Event MyEvent()
Protected Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
    If MyEventEvent IsNot Nothing Then
        For Each d In MyEventEvent.GetInvocationList ' If this throws an exception, try using .ToArray
            RemoveHandler MyEvent, d
        Next
    End If
End Sub

The field MyEventEvent is hidden, but it does exist.

Debugging, you can see how d.target is the object actually handling the event, and d.method its method. You only have to remove it.

It works great. No more objects not being GC'ed because of the event handlers.