DestroyCursor

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

This function destroys a cursor created by the CreateCursor function and frees any memory the cursor occupied. Do not use this function to destroy a cursor that was not created with the CreateCursor function.

Syntax

BOOL DestroyCursor( 
  HCURSOR hCursor
); 

Parameters

• hCursor
  [in] Handle to the cursor to be destroyed. The cursor must not be in use.

Return Value

Nonzero indicates success. Zero indicates failure. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

This function destroys a non-shared cursor. Do not use this function to destroy a shared cursor. A shared cursor is valid as long as the module from which it was loaded remains in memory. The following list shows functions that obtain a shared cursor:

• LoadCursor
• LoadImage (if you use the LR_SHARED flag)

Requirements

See Also

Reference

CreateCursor
LoadCursor
LoadImage