Getting Processor architecture in x86 and x64 bit platform.

Nenad L.

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I found this at Microsoft MSDN somewhere. The Code is C#, but should be easy to port to C++.[DllImport("kernel32")] private static extern IntPtr GetModuleHandle(string lpModuleName);[DllImport("kernel32")] private static extern int GetProcAddress(HANDLE hModule, string...

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GetSystemInfo provides the basic system information and processor architecture of the underlying platform. This API can be used successfully in both x64 and x86 platform. But, under 64-bit WIndows, we can run 32 bit Applications( WOW64). If a WOW64 process call GetSystemInfo API, it will return the

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Studied Computer Science at the University of Stuttgart (specialized in Software Engineering and Computer Graphics), went through lots of Languages (Java, Modula, Prolog, Lisp, Basic, Smalltalk, VB, C#, C++ and even Assembler for the beloved 6502, 68000 and HP 9000 RISC), now grown up to a classic System- and Software-Architect Smile | :)

Getting Processor architecture in x86 and x64 bit platform.

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