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**Kill**

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The **Kill **method frees any memory allocated during the life of the object and performs any other required termination code.

**Example:**

**Filename    STRING(255),THREAD             !declare filename variable**

**FileActive  BYTE                           !declare success/fail switch**

**AsciiFile   FILE,DRIVER('ASCII'),NAME(Filename),PRE(A1)**

**RECORD       RECORD,PRE()**

**Line          STRING(255)**

**             END**

**            END**

** CODE                                      !init ASCIIFileClass object with:**

** FileActive=ASCIIFile.Init(AsciiFile, |    ! file label**

**              A1:Line,                |    ! file field to display**

**              Filename,               |    ! NAME attribute variable**

**              GlobalErrors)                ! ErrorClass object**

** IF ~FileActive THEN RETURN.               !If init failed, don't proceed**

** ACCEPT                                    !If init succeeded, proceed**

**  IF EVENT() = EVENT:CloseWindow**

**   IF FileActive THEN ASCIIFile.Kill.      !If init succeeded, shut down**

**  END**

**  !program code**

** END**