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WSACloseEvent function

The WSACloseEvent function closes an open event object handle.

Syntax


BOOL WSACloseEvent(
  _In_  WSAEVENT hEvent
);

Parameters

hEvent [in]

Object handle identifying the open event.

Return value

If the function succeeds, the return value is TRUE.

If the function fails, the return value is FALSE. To get extended error information, call WSAGetLastError.

Error codeMeaning
WSANOTINITIALISED

A successful WSAStartup call must occur before using this function.

WSAENETDOWN

The network subsystem has failed.

WSAEINPROGRESS

A blocking Windows Sockets 1.1 call is in progress, or the service provider is still processing a callback function.

WSA_INVALID_HANDLE

The hEvent is not a valid event object handle.

 

Remarks

The WSACloseEvent function closes the handle to an event object and frees resources associated with the event object. This function is used to close a handle created by the WSACreateEvent function. Once the handle to the event object is closed, further references to this handle will fail with the error WSA_INVALID_HANDLE.

Windows Phone 8: This API is supported.

Requirements

Minimum supported client

Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]

Minimum supported server

Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]

Header

Winsock2.h

Library

Ws2_32.lib

DLL

Ws2_32.dll

See also

Winsock Reference
Winsock Functions
WSACreateEvent
WSAEnumNetworkEvents
WSAEventSelect
WSAGetOverlappedResult
WSARecv
WSARecvFrom
WSAResetEvent
WSASend
WSASendTo
WSASetEvent
WSAWaitForMultipleEvents

 

 

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