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Q73677: Allocation Limit on WINMEM32 Global32Alloc() Function

Article: Q73677
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb16bitonly
Last Modified: 06-NOV-1999

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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
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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

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Keywords          : kb16bitonly 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK300 kbWinSDK310
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.1

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