ReleaseCapture

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This function releases the stylus capture from a window in the current thread and restores normal stylus input processing. A window that has captured the stylus receives all stylus input, regardless of the position of the stylus.

BOOL
ReleaseCapture(void);

Return Values

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

Remarks

An application calls this function after calling the SetCapturefunction.

Requirements

Runs on	Versions	Defined in	Include	Link to
Windows CE OS	1.0 and later	Winuser.h		Foregnd.lib

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.