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samskiter20-Feb-09 11:38
samskiter20-Feb-09 11:38 
haha! sorry for the trouble! getting confused talking to 3 people, what i have told who!

so that is a less heavy version of:

try
{
    setting.Activate();
}
catch
{
    setting = new Settings();
    setting.ShowDialog();
    setting.Dispose();
    setting = null;
}

?

just tried it and it works perfectly, thanks for the help! out of interest, if this code is run after a form has previously been created and then closed, i assume the formSettings.IsDisposed case deals with it? but does the new formSettings replace the old one? or does it create new ones over and over and fill up memory?

while your here, do you know if it is possible to include a driver installation along with my project (drivers not made by me)? i do not have a .exe for the drivers, just the files which you have to point windows in the direction of when the device is first plugged in that are then installed by windows.

thanks again!
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