Vcl.Graphics.TBitmap.ReleaseHandle

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Delphi

function ReleaseHandle: HBITMAP;

C++

HBITMAP __fastcall ReleaseHandle();

Properties

Type	Visibility	Source	Unit	Parent
function	public	Vcl.Graphics.pas Vcl.Graphics.hpp	Vcl.Graphics	TBitmap

Description

Returns the handle to the bitmap so that the TBitmap object no longer knows about the handle.

Use ReleaseHandle to disassociate the bitmap from the bitmap handle. Use it when you need to give a bitmap handle to a routine or object that will assume ownership (or destroy) the bitmap handle.

See Also

• ReleaseMaskHandle

• Handle

Code Examples

• LoadFromFile (Delphi)
• LoadFromFile (C++)