IDirectDrawSurface::Release

ULONG Release();

Decreases the reference count of the DirectDrawSurface object by 1. This method is part of the IUnknown interface inherited by DirectDraw.

·Returns the new reference count of the object.

The DirectDrawSurface object deallocates itself when its reference count reaches 0. Use the IDirectDrawSurface::AddRef method to increase the reference count of the object by 1.