nf-vfw-avifilerelease.md

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NF:vfw.AVIFileRelease	AVIFileRelease function (vfw.h)	The AVIFileRelease function decrements the reference count of an AVI file interface handle and closes the file if the count reaches zero.	AVIFileRelease AVIFileRelease function [Windows Multimedia] _win32_AVIFileRelease multimedia.avifilerelease vfw/AVIFileRelease	multimedia\avifilerelease.htm	Multimedia	c2f94ca2-b46c-48b0-9c31-92cf2cf75be3	12/05/2018	AVIFileRelease, AVIFileRelease function [Windows Multimedia], _win32_AVIFileRelease, multimedia.avifilerelease, vfw/AVIFileRelease	vfw.h		Windows	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]										Vfw32.lib	Avifil32.dll		Windows			19H1	AVIFileRelease vfw/AVIFileRelease	c++	APIRef kbSyntax	DllExport	Avifil32.dll Ext-MS-Win-Media-Avi-L1-1-0.dll	AVIFileRelease

AVIFileRelease function

-description

The AVIFileRelease function decrements the reference count of an AVI file interface handle and closes the file if the count reaches zero.

This function supersedes the obsolete AVIFileClose function.

-parameters

-param pfile

Handle to an open AVI file.

-returns

Returns the reference count of the file. This return value should be used only for debugging purposes.

-remarks

The argument pfile is a pointer to an IAVIFile interface.

-see-also

AVIFile Functions

AVIFile Functions and Macros