User32ReleaseCapture Method

Releases the mouse capture from a window in the current thread and restores normal mouse input processing.

A window that has captured the mouse receives all mouse input, regardless of the position of the cursor, except when a mouse button is clicked while the cursor hot spot is in the window of another thread.

Definition

Namespace: DevCase.Win32.NativeMethods
Assembly: DevCase.net48 (in DevCase.net48.dll) Version: 6.0.0.0 (6.0)
XMLNS for XAML: Not mapped to an xmlns.
[DllImportAttribute("User32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
public static bool ReleaseCapture()

Return Value

Boolean
If the function succeeds, the return value is .

If the function fails, the return value is .

To get extended error information, call GetLastWin32Error.

Remarks

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