GlobalMemoryStatus (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

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1/6/2010

This function gets information on the physical and virtual memory of the system.

A remote application interface (RAPI) version of this function exists and is called CeGlobalMemoryStatus (RAPI).

Syntax

void GlobalMemoryStatus(
  LPMEMORYSTATUS lpBuffer
);

Parameters

  • lpBuffer
    [out] Pointer to a MEMORYSTATUS structure.

    The GlobalMemoryStatus function stores information about current memory availability in this structure.

Return Value

None.

Remarks

You can use the GlobalMemoryStatus function to determine how much memory your application can allocate without severely impacting other applications.

The information returned by the GlobalMemoryStatus function is volatile. There is no guarantee that two sequential calls to this function will return the same information.

Requirements

Header winbase.h
Library coredll.lib
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 1.0 and later

See Also

Reference

Memory Management Functions
MEMORYSTATUS

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