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Function name : FreeConsole

Group: Console - Library: kernel32

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The FreeConsole function detaches the calling process from its console.

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Code examples:

Creating a console window for Visual FoxPro application

Declaration:

BOOL FreeConsole(void);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER FreeConsole IN kernel32  

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Parameters:

This function has no parameters.

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Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

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Comments:

A process can use FreeConsole to detach itself from its current console, and then it can call the AllocConsole function to create a new console or AttachConsole to attach to another console.

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