Walkthrough: Flushing the Cache

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This walkthrough demonstrates how to flush the cache. Flushing the cache empties it of all data.

To reproduce this demonstration

Configure the cache. For the necessary steps, see "QuickStart Configuration" in Caching QuickStart.
Declare a member variable of type ICacheManager to store the CacheManager object in the QuickStartForm class.
```
private ICacheManager primitivesCache;
```
```
'Usage
Private primitivesCache As ICacheManager
```
In the method that responds to the user's request to flush the cache, add the following code.
```
this.primitivesCache.Flush();
```
```
'Usage
Me.primitivesCache.Flush()
```

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