GlobalMemoryStatus Function

Declare Sub GlobalMemoryStatus Lib "kernel32.dll" (lpBuffer As MEMORYSTATUS)

Platforms

Windows 95: Supported.
Windows 98: Supported.
Windows NT: Requires Windows NT 3.1 or later.
Windows 2000: Supported but Obsolete; use GlobalMemoryStatusEx instead.
Windows CE: Unknown.

Description & Usage

GlobalMemoryStatus retrieves the current status of the computer's memory. It reports both the total memory available and the amount of unused memory. This function only works properly on computers with no more than 4 GB of memory. If the computer has more than 4 GB of memory, the values reported by GlobalMemoryStatus are the actual values modulo 4 (for example, a computer with 5 GB total memory would be reported as having only 1 GB of memory). For computers with more than 4 GB of memory, use the GlobalMemoryStatusEx function instead.

Return Value

GlobalMemoryStatusEx does not return a value.

Visual Basic-Specific Issues

None.

Parameters

lpBuffer: Receives the current status of the computer's memory. The dwLength member of the structure does not have to be set before calling the function.

Example

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' Display the amounts of total and available physical memory
' on the computer.  Also calculate the percentage of used physical memory.
Dim ms As MEMORYSTATUS

' Get the current memory status.
GlobalMemoryStatus ms
' Display total and available physical memory, in KB.
Debug.Print "Total Physical Memory:"; ms.dwTotalPhys \ 1024; "KB"
Debug.Print "Available Physical Memory:"; ms.dwAvailPhys \ 1024; "KB"
' Calculate percentage of physical memory in use.
Debug.Print "Used Physical Memory:"; 100 - 100 * ms.dwAvailPhys \ ms.dwTotalPhys; "%"