MEMORYSTATUS Structure

Type MEMORYSTATUS
  dwLength As Long
  dwMemoryLoad As Long
  dwTotalPhys As Long
  dwAvailPhys As Long
  dwTotalPageFile As Long
  dwAvailPageFile As Long
  dwTotalVirtual As Long
  dwAvailVirtual As Long
End Type

Description & Usage

The MEMORYSTATUS structure holds information about the computer's memory. The structure stores the amounts of total and available physical memory and virtual memory.

Visual Basic-Specific Issues

None.

Data Members

dwLength

The size in bytes of the structure.

dwMemoryLoad

Windows 95, 98, NT: The percentage of approximately the last 1000 pages of physical memory that is in use. Windows 2000: The percentage of total physical memory in use.

dwTotalPhys

The number of bytes of total physical memory.

dwAvailPhys

The number of bytes of available physical memory.

dwTotalPageFile

The largest possible size, in bytes, of the paging file. This is not necessarily the current size of the paging file.

dwAvailPageFile

The amount of space, in bytes, currently available in the paging file.

dwTotalVirtual

The number of bytes of total virtual memory.

dwAvailVirtual

The number of bytes of available virtual memory.

Used By

GlobalMemoryStatus

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