Microsoft KB Archive/73677

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Allocation Limit on WINMEM32 Global32Alloc Function

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Q73677

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.0, 3.1

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SUMMARY
WINMEM32 is a dynamic-link library (DLL) that is designed to support the 32-bit flat memory model under Windows enhanced mode.

The largest block of memory that Global32Alloc can request is (16 megabytes -- 64K). Global32Alloc allocates memory through the Windows kernel, which imposes this particular size limitation.

Adding the ability to process larger allocations is under consideration for a future version of Windows.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.10

Keywords : kb16bitonly

Issue type :

Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK300 kbWinSDK310