The SEM_RELEASE procedure releases the lock on the specified semaphore held by the current IDL process. If the current IDL process does not own the lock on the specified semaphore, this routine returns quietly.
Example
See SEM_LOCK for an example using this function.
Syntax
SEM_RELEASE, strName
Arguments
strName
The name associated with the semaphore. This is the name used when creating the semaphore (SEM_CREATE).
Note: Semaphore names must be 24 characters or less on Mac platforms.
Keywords
None
Version History
See Also
SEM_CREATE, SEM_DELETE, SEM_LOCK