handle question

[Jango]

I have seen in lots of tutorial about closing the handle after making use of it and before closing the application.  Why it is necessary to close the handle?

[hutch--]

It will tend to depend on what the handle is. Memory handles are usually de-allocated, in many cases window handles are automatically de-allocated. Tell us what you have in mind and we can probably help you to find the reference material.

[dedndave]

maybe this will help...
http://www.masm32.com/board/index.php?topic=17600.msg148139#msg148139

[Tedd]

Because it's good manners. :P

[vanjast]

If I remember correctly... a handle is actually a reference to a memory location, the use and size of this 'object' depends on its context.

Not closing the handle means you're not releasing memory and this will eventually cause a memory overrun/leak/crash.
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