Do HMONITORs need to be released? If so, how?

Question

Several multiple-monitor API functions (eg, MonitorFromRect) return a HMONITOR handle to the monitor in question. I have been unable to find the function to free this handle - does it need to be freed, and if so, how should I free it?

Whiz

since you can't create them it seems unlikely that you'd be expected to destroy them – Amphora

Answer 1

The SDK docs always explicitly mention how a handle needs to be released. Nothing for HMONITOR, you are just getting a handle to an internal object that's around anyway.

Mallis

Answer 2

Microsoft's Example program doesn't try to free the handle. While their examples might not be perfect, they are a good indication of the way a function is meant to be used.

Tachistoscope