# CmtReleaseLock

int CmtReleaseLock (int lockHandle);

## Purpose

Releases the thread lock.

You must call this function from the same thread that called CmtGetLock. You must call this function once for each time that you called CmtGetLock.

## Parameters

Input
Name | Type | Description
lockHandle | integer | The handle you obtained from CmtNewLock to identify the thread lock.

## Return Value

Name | Type | Description
CmtStatus | integer | The CmtStatus code that the function call returns. This function returns 0 to indicate success and negative values to indicate failure. Pass the CmtStatus code to CmtGetErrorMessage to get a description of the error code.