freelibrary-and-afxfreelibrary.md

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FreeLibrary and AfxFreeLibrary | Microsoft Docs		11/04/2016			cpp-tools		article	FreeLibrary AfxFreeLibrary	C++	extension DLLs [C++], unloading AfxFreeLibrary method unloading DLLs FreeLibrary method DLLs [C++], linking explicit linking [C++] DLLs [C++], unloading	4a48d290-3971-43e9-8e97-ba656cd0c8f8	11	corob-msft	corob	ghogen

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 MFC extension DLL. The interface (function prototype) for AfxFreeLibrary is the same as FreeLibrary.

What do you want to do?

• How to link implicitly to a DLL

• Determine which linking method to use

What do you want to know more about?

• LoadLibrary and AfxLoadLibrary

• GetProcAddress

See Also

DLLs in Visual C++
FreeLibrary
AfxFreeLibrary