NPN_ReleaseVariantValue - Archive of obsolete content
« gecko plugin api reference « scripting plugins summary npn_releasevariantvalue() releases the value in the given variant.
... syntax #include <npruntime.h> void npn_releasevariantvalue(npvariant *variant); parameters the function has the following parameters: <tt>variant</tt> the variant whose value is to be released.
...description npn_releasevariantvalue() releases the value in the given variant.
...npn_releasevariantvalue() will call npn_releaseobject() on npvariants of type npvarianttype_object, and npn_memfree() on npvariants of type npvarianttype_string.

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3661 npn_releasevariantvalue npapi, plugins npn_releasevariantvalue() releases the value in the given variant.

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NPN_Evaluate - Archive of obsolete content
note: the caller must call npn_releasevariantvalue() to release the returned value when it's no longer needed.

NPN_GetProperty - Archive of obsolete content
note: the caller must call npn_releasevariantvalue() to release the returned value when it's no longer needed.

NPN_Invoke - Archive of obsolete content
when the caller no longer needs the result, it must call npn_releasevariantvalue() to release it.

NPN_InvokeDefault - Archive of obsolete content
when the caller no longer needs the result, it must call npn_releasevariantvalue() to release it.

NPObject - Archive of obsolete content
to aid with the reference counting and ownership management in general, the functions npn_createobject(), npn_retainobject(), npn_releaseobject(), and npn_releasevariantvalue() are provided as part of this api.

NPString - Archive of obsolete content
note: whenever an npstring owns its string data and the data may be released through a call to npn_releasevariantvalue(), the string data must be allocated using npn_memalloc().

NPVariant - Archive of obsolete content
javascript type npvarianttype undefined npvarianttype_void null npvarianttype_null boolean npvarianttype_bool number npvarianttype_int32 or npvarianttype_double string npvarianttype_string all other types npvarianttype_object functions npn_releasevariantvalue() npn_getstringidentifier() npn_getstringidentifiers() npn_getintidentifier() npn_identifierisstring() npn_utf8fromidentifier() npn_intfromidentifier() macros plugin developers are not expected to directly manipulate or access the members of the npvariant instance, instead, the function npn_releasevariantvalue(), and the following macros are provided: npvariant_is_void() evalu...

NPAPI plugin reference - Archive of obsolete content
npn_releasevariantvalue npn_releasevariantvalue() releases the value in the given variant.

Scripting plugins - Plugins
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Gecko Plugin API Reference - Plugins
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