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From: balaji@nsc.nsc.com (The One and Only Balaji!)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Multiple Data Segments & Expanded/Extended Memory usage.
Keywords: Data Segments, Expanded, Extended memory.
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Date: 8 Feb 90 23:57:10 GMT
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Organization: National Semiconductor, Santa Clara
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Hi windowers,

   I have 2 questions for you all.

   1. I have heard about using multiple data segments in a windows programs some where. Can anyone explain to me about the technical details for programming. I would like to do this so that I can have many static and global variables in my
program. I would also like to know whether this will help in using LocalAlloc()
to allocated memory junks above 64K.
       I may be wrong in my ideas about multiple data segments as I have only
heard of it and I am trying to derive at the uses of it.

   2. I would like to know whether Expanded/Extended memory can be used by 
programs directly. What does windows do with Expanded/Extended memory. Can we 
use that area also by using special calls to windows.

   All the above questions are related to my problem where I want large amount
of memory dynamically for one of the applications I am writing.

   Please email to me the replies. I will summarize to the net if there is 
enough interest.

Thanks in advance,

balaji
(balaji@nsc.nsc.com)