topic Unable to dispose of AxToolbarControl in ArcObjects SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/unable-to-dispose-of-axtoolbarcontrol/m-p/724716#M19327 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>In my app, I have a toolbarcontrol, the table of contents control, and the map control.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>For some reason the toolbar control will not allow itself to be disposed of. I can set the reference to Nothing, but I cannot call dispose on it, and any attempt to do so throws the "InvalidOperationException" with the message...</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Cross-thread operation not valid: Control 'esriMapControl' accessed from a thread other than the thread it was created on.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My code is simply this...</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Me.esriToolbarControl.Dispose()</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Me.esriTOCControl.Dispose()</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Me.esriMapControl.Dispose()</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am also not allowed to do this... </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.FinalReleaseComObject(esriToolbarControl.GetOcx)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any idea how to get around this?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>By the way, the Table of contents control and map control can be disposed of just fine.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:41:49 GMT ESRICustomer 2010-07-29T16:41:49Z Unable to dispose of AxToolbarControl https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/unable-to-dispose-of-axtoolbarcontrol/m-p/724716#M19327 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>In my app, I have a toolbarcontrol, the table of contents control, and the map control.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>For some reason the toolbar control will not allow itself to be disposed of. I can set the reference to Nothing, but I cannot call dispose on it, and any attempt to do so throws the "InvalidOperationException" with the message...</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Cross-thread operation not valid: Control 'esriMapControl' accessed from a thread other than the thread it was created on.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>My code is simply this...</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Me.esriToolbarControl.Dispose()</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Me.esriTOCControl.Dispose()</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Me.esriMapControl.Dispose()</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am also not allowed to do this... </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.FinalReleaseComObject(esriToolbarControl.GetOcx)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any idea how to get around this?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>By the way, the Table of contents control and map control can be disposed of just fine.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:41:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/unable-to-dispose-of-axtoolbarcontrol/m-p/724716#M19327 ESRICustomer 2010-07-29T16:41:49Z Re: Unable to dispose of AxToolbarControl https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/unable-to-dispose-of-axtoolbarcontrol/m-p/724717#M19328 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Nevermind, I found the problem.&nbsp; Turns out you have to dispose of the map control BEFORE you dispose of the toolbar control.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:12:59 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/unable-to-dispose-of-axtoolbarcontrol/m-p/724717#M19328 ESRICustomer 2010-07-29T17:12:59Z