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30<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">FreeLibrary Function [Runtime]</title>
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34<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
35<lastedited date="2004-08-24T12:10:39">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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40<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3143270"><bookmark_value>FreeLibrary function</bookmark_value>
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42<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3143270" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090405.xhp" name="FreeLibrary Function [Runtime]">FreeLibrary Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
43<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147559" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Releases DLLs that were loaded by a Declare statement. A released DLL is automatically reloaded if one of its functions is called. See also: <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03090403.xhp" name="Declare">Declare</link></paragraph>
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45<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148550" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153361" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">FreeLibrary (LibName As String)</paragraph>
47<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153380" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph>
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49<emph>LibName:</emph> String expression that specifies the name of the DLL.</paragraph>
50<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3146923" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">FreeLibrary can only release DLLs that are loaded during Basic runtime.</paragraph>
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53<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153363" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="8">Example:</paragraph>
54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155855" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Declare Sub MyMessageBeep Lib "user32.dll" Alias "MessageBeep" ( long )</paragraph>
55<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149664" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Sub ExampleDeclare</paragraph>
56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148618" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Dim lValue As Long</paragraph>
57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147350" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">lValue = 5000</paragraph>
58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148648" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">MyMessageBeep( lValue )</paragraph>
59<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145750" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">FreeLibrary("user32.dll" )</paragraph>
60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149412" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">End Sub</paragraph>
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