SCardReleaseContext

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This function closes an established resource manager context, freeing any resources allocated under that context, including SCARDHANDLE objects and memory allocated using the SCARD_AUTOALLOCATE length designator.

LONG SCardReleaseContext(
  SCARDCONTEXT hContext 
);

Parameters

  • hContext
    [in] Handle to the resource manager context. The resource manager context is set by a previous call to SCardEstablishContext.

Return Values

The following table shows the possible return values.

Value Description
SCARD_S_SUCCESS Succeeds
An error value (see Smart Card Error Values for a list of all error values). Fails

Requirements

OS Versions: Windows CE 3.0 and later.
Header: Winscard.h.
Link Library: Winscard.lib.

See Also

SCardEstablishContext

 Last updated on Saturday, April 10, 2004

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