SCardReleaseContext

The SCardReleaseContext 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(
  IN SCARDCONTEXT hContext  
);

Parameters

hContext
Supplies the handle that identifies the resource manager context. The resource manager context is set by a previous call to SCardEstablishContext.

Return Values

If the function… The return value is…
Succeeds SCARD_S_SUCCESS.
Fails An error code (see Error Codes for a list of all error codes).

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Use version 4.0 SP3 and later.
  Windows: Use Windows 95 OSR2.1.
  Windows CE: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in winscard.h.
  Import Library: Link with winscard.lib.

See Also

SCardEstablishContext