What function has replaced GlobalAlloc in Win32?

Question

Since GlobalAlloc has become local in the 32 bit model, it can't be used so that allocated memory to be shared between Win32 applications. What function is replacing GlobalAlloc and uses the same simplicity? (Like retrieving a handler to the memory block, which is converted to pointer later by the application that uses it.)

Answer 1

The way you share memory between processes in Win32 is with memory mapped files. Start with CreateFileMapping and MapViewOfFile.