SCardReleaseContext.md

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Function name : SCardReleaseContext

Group: Authentication - Library: winscard

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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.

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Code examples:

Smart Card Database Query Functions

Declaration:

LONG SCardReleaseContext(
  __in  SCARDCONTEXT hContext
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE LONG SCardReleaseContext IN Winscard;
	INTEGER hContext  

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Parameters:

hContext [in] Handle that identifies the resource manager context.

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Return value:

If the function succeeds, the function returns SCARD_S_SUCCESS (0).

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Comments:

The resource manager context is set by a previous call to SCardEstablishContext.

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