8/28/2008 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).
void GlobalMemoryStatus(
LPMEMORYSTATUS lpBuffer
);
- lpBuffer
-
[out] Pointer to a MEMORYSTATUS structure.
The GlobalMemoryStatus function stores information about current memory availability in this structure.
None.
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.
| Header | winbase.h |
| Library | coredll.lib |
| Windows Embedded CE | Windows CE 1.0 and later |
| Windows Mobile | Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later |
Reference
Memory Management Functions
MEMORYSTATUS
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