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RELEASE EXTERNAL statement

Frees (that is, unloads from memory) a dynamic link library (DLL) or UNIX shared library.

Syntax

RELEASE EXTERNAL [ PROCEDURE ] "dll-name"

[ PROCEDURE ]

An optional “noise” keyword that does not affect the statement’s behavior in any way.

dll-name

A character string representing the name of the DLL or UNIX shared library.

Example

To free the dll mystuff.dll, code the following:

RELEASE EXTERNAL PROCEDURE "mystuff.dll".