ResourceRelease (Compact 2013)

3/26/2014

This function allows drivers to use operating system (OS) resources created by ResourceCreateList.

Syntax

BOOL ResourceRelease(
  DWORD dwResId, 
  DWORD dwBase, 
  DWORD dwLen
);

Parameters

• dwResId
  [in] Resource identifier, which is a label for a set of numbers. The following table shows the existing resource identifiers and their values, which are defined in Resmgr.h.

  Resource identifier	Value
  RESMGR_IRQ	0x00001
  RESMGR_IOSPACE	0x00002

  Although some resource identifiers are for your use, values below RESMGR_BASE_OEM are reserved. Values greater than RESMGR_MAX_OEM are reserved. The following table shows the resource identifiers that you can use and their values, which are defined in Resmgr.h.

  Resource identifier	Value
  RESMGR_BASE_OEM	0x00080000
  RESMGR_MAX_OEM	0x000FFFFF

• dwBase
  [in] Smallest numbered resource to release.

• dwLen
  [in] Number of resources to release. The range of resources released is dwBase + dwLen- 1.

Return Value

TRUE indicates success. FALSE indicates failure.

You cannot have a partial allocation or a partial release of resources.

Requirements

See Also

Reference

Device Manager Functions
ResourceCreateList
ResourceRequest