==== MouClose ====

**Bindings**: [[close#C bindings|C]], [[close#MASM bindings|MASM]]

This call closes the mouse device for the current session. 

//MouClose// (**DeviceHandle**) 

//DeviceHandle// (**HMOU**) - input 
Mouse device handle from a previous MouOpen. 

//rc// (**USHORT**) - return 
Return code descriptions are: 

^0 ^NO_ERROR ^
|385 |ERROR_MOUSE_NO_DEVICE |
|466 |ERROR_MOU_DETACHED |
|501 |ERROR_MOUSE_NO_CONSOLE |
|505 |ERROR_MOU_EXTENDED_SG |

**Remarks** 

[[en:ibm:prcp:mou:close|MouClose]] closes the mouse device for the current session and removes the mouse device driver handle from the list of valid open mouse device handles. 

=== C bindings ===

<code c>
#define INCL_MOU

USHORT  rc = MouClose(DeviceHandle);

HMOU             DeviceHandle;  /* Mouse device handle */

USHORT           rc;            /* return code */
</code>

=== MASM bindings ===

<code asm>
EXTRN  MouClose:FAR
INCL_MOU            EQU 1

PUSH   WORD    DeviceHandle  ;Mouse device handle
CALL   MouClose

Returns WORD
</code>