PtRelease()

Decrement the global widget hold count

Synopsis:

int PtRelease( void );

Library:

ph

Description:

This function decrements the global widget hold count, which was previously incremented by a call to PtHold(). When the count reaches 0, the widgets are repaired.

This function is the same as PtUpdate().

PtHold() and PtRelease() affect all widgets, while PtContainerHold() and PtContainerRelease(), prevent only child widgets of a container from being repaired.

Returns:

The new value of the global hold count.

Classification:

Photon

See also:

PtContainerHold(), PtContainerRelease(), PtFlush(), PtHold(), PtUpdate()