Frees (that is, unloads from memory) a dynamic link library (DLL) or UNIX shared library.

Syntax

RELEASE EXTERNAL [ PROCEDURE ] "dll-name"
[ PROCEDURE ]
An optional "noise" keyword that does not affect the statement's behavior in any way.
dll-name
A character string representing the name of the DLL or UNIX shared library.

Example

To free the DLL, mystuff.dll, code the following statement:

RELEASE EXTERNAL PROCEDURE "mystuff.dll".