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SCardReleaseContext (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

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1/6/2010

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.

Syntax

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 Value

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

Header winscard.h
Library winscard.lib
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 3.0 and later

See Also

Reference

Smart Card Functions
SCardEstablishContext