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CardReleaseExclusive

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This function releases exclusive access to a socket and function pair.

STATUS CardReleaseExclusive(
CARD_CLIENT_HANDLE
hCardClient
CARD_SOCKET_HANDLE
hSocket
);

Parameters

hCardClient
Client handle obtained from the CardRegisterClientfunction.
hSocket
Handle to a socket and function pair.

Return Values

CERR_SUCCESS indicates success. One of the following values indicates failure:

CERR_BAD_HANDLE
Indicates that the driver handle specified for hCardClientis invalid.
CERR_BAD_SOCKET
Indicates that the socket identifier specified for hSocketis invalid or a that a PC Card is not inserted.
CERR_IN_USE
Indicates that exclusive use is owned by another driver.

Remarks

Card Services informs all registered drivers that a socket and function pair is available by first sending a CE_CARD_REMOVAL event code to the callback function of the calling driver, and then sending a CE_CARD_INSERTION event code to each registered client's callback function.

Driver name

PCMCIA

Requirements

Runs on Versions Defined in Include Link to
Windows CE OS 1.0 and later      
Note   This API is part of the complete Windows CE OS package as provided by Microsoft. The functionality of a particular platform is determined by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and some devices may not support this API.

See Also

CardRequestExclusive



 Last updated on Tuesday, July 13, 2004

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