<DescriptionAttribute("Automatically disposes the item images when them item is removed from the control or when the control is disposed.")>
<CategoryAttribute("Behavior")>
Public Property AutoDisposeImages As Boolean

Dim instance As RasterImageList
Dim value As Boolean
 
instance.AutoDisposeImages = value
 
value = instance.AutoDisposeImages

[DescriptionAttribute("Automatically disposes the item images when them item is removed from the control or when the control is disposed.")]
[CategoryAttribute("Behavior")]
public bool AutoDisposeImages {get; set;}

[DescriptionAttribute("Automatically disposes the item images when them item is removed from the control or when the control is disposed.")]
[CategoryAttribute("Behavior")]
public:
property bool AutoDisposeImages {
   bool get();
   void set (    bool value);
}

Public Sub RasterImageList_AutoDisposeImages(ByVal imageList As RasterImageList)
      ' Make sure the AutoDisposeImages property is set to true
      imageList.AutoDisposeImages = True
      MessageBox.Show("Removing an item then accessing its image with AutoDisposeImages set to true")

      ' Remove the first item
      Dim item As RasterImageListItem = imageList.Items(0)
      imageList.Items.RemoveAt(0)

      ' Try to save this item's image into a disk file
      ' This will throw an exception since the item image has been disposed of
      ' as a result of having the AutoDisposeImages false set to true
      Dim codecs As RasterCodecs = New RasterCodecs()
      Try
         codecs.Save(item.Image, Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "Test.jpg"), RasterImageFormat.Jpeg, 24)
         MessageBox.Show("Image saved correctly")
      Catch ex As Exception
         MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
      End Try

      MessageBox.Show("Removing an item then accessing its image with AutoDisposeImages set to false")

      ' Now remove the next item, this time make sure to set the
      ' AutoDisposeImages property to false before you remove the item
      ' from the control collection
      item = imageList.Items(0)

      imageList.AutoDisposeImages = False
      imageList.Items.RemoveAt(0)
      imageList.AutoDisposeImages = True

      ' Try to save this item's image into a disk file
      ' This time, this should work correcly since the control did not dispose
      ' the item image.
      Try
         codecs.Save(item.Image, Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "Test.jpg"), RasterImageFormat.Jpeg, 24)
         MessageBox.Show("Image saved correctly")
      Catch ex As Exception
         MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
      End Try
   End Sub

Public NotInheritable Class LEAD_VARS
   Public Const ImagesDir As String = "C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images"
End Class

public void RasterImageList_AutoDisposeImages(RasterImageList imageList)
   {
      // Make sure the AutoDisposeImages property is set to true
      imageList.AutoDisposeImages = true;
      MessageBox.Show("Removing an item then accessing its image with AutoDisposeImages set to true");

      // Remove the first item
      RasterImageListItem item = imageList.Items[0];
      imageList.Items.RemoveAt(0);

      // Try to save this item's image into a disk file
      // This will throw an exception since the item image has been dispose
      // as a result of having the AutoDisposeImages false set to true
      RasterCodecs codecs = new RasterCodecs();
      try
      {
         codecs.Save(item.Image,Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir,  "Test.jpg"), RasterImageFormat.Jpeg, 24);
         MessageBox.Show("Image saved correctly");
      }
      catch(Exception ex)
      {
         MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
      }

      MessageBox.Show("Removing an item then accessing its image with AutoDisposeImages set to false");

      // Now remove the next item, this time make sure to set the
      // AutoDisposeImages property to false before you remove the item
      // from the control collection
      item = imageList.Items[0];

      imageList.AutoDisposeImages = false;
      imageList.Items.RemoveAt(0);
      imageList.AutoDisposeImages = true;

      // Try to save this item's image into a disk file
      // This time, this should work correcly since the control did not dispose
      // the item image.
      try
      {
         codecs.Save(item.Image, Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "Test.jpg"), RasterImageFormat.Jpeg, 24);
         MessageBox.Show("Image saved correctly");
      }
      catch(Exception ex)
      {
         MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
      }
   }

static class LEAD_VARS
{
   public const string ImagesDir = @"C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images";
}