Shutdown Event

Shutdown Event

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Location

My.Application.Shutdown

Syntax

     Public Sub Me_Shutdown(ByVal sender As Object, _        ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Shutdown     End Sub 

sender (required; Object)

The object that raised the event

e (required; EventArgs)

An event parameter of type System.EventArgs, with no special members

Description

The Shutdown event occurs when the application shuts down.

Usage at a Glance

• This event is only available in Windows Forms applications.

• This event handler can be found in the ApplicationEvents.vb source code file for your project. This file is normally hidden, but it can be viewed by toggling the Show All Files button in the Solution Explorer window in Visual Studio.

Example

The Shutdown event's code appears in the ApplicationEvents.vb file in a Windows Forms application.

     Namespace My        Class MyApplication           Private Sub MyApplication_Shutdown(ByVal sender As Object, _                 ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Shutdown              Console.WriteLine("See you later.")           End Sub        End Class     End Namespace 

Related Framework Entries

• Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.Shutdown Event

See Also

Application Object, Startup Event, StartupNextInstance Event, UnhandledException Event