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#define INCL_DOSMODULEMGR
 
USHORT DosFreeModule(hmod)
HMODULE hmod;    /* module handle */
 
The DosFreeModule function frees the specified dynamic-link module. After a
process has freed a module, any function addresses the process may have
retrieved from the module are no longer valid; a protection fault occurs if
these functions are called.
 
Parameter  Description
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hmod       Identifies the dynamic-link module to free. This handle must have
           been created previously by using the DosLoadModule or
           DosGetModName function.
 
Return Value
 
The return value is zero if the function is successful. Otherwise, it is an
error value, which may be one of the following:
 
     ERROR_INTERRUPT
     ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE
 
Comments
 
If other processes have loaded the module and not yet freed it, the module
remains in system memory for those processes. The system does not remove a
module from memory until it is no longer used by any process.
 
See Also
 
DosGetModName, DosLoadModule
 
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