FreeLibrary and AfxFreeLibrary

Processes that explicitly link to a DLL call the FreeLibrary function when the DLL module is no longer needed. This function decrements the module's reference count and, if the reference count is zero, unmaps it from the address space of the process.

In an MFC application, use AfxFreeLibrary instead of FreeLibrary to unload an extension DLL. The interface (function prototype) for AfxFreeLibrary is the same as FreeLibrary.

What do you want to do?

• Link implicitly

• Determine which linking method to use

What do you want to know more about?

• LoadLibrary and AfxLoadLibrary

• GetProcAddress

See Also

Reference

AfxFreeLibrary

Concepts

DLLs in Visual C++

Other Resources

FreeLibrary