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Visual Basic System Services GetSystemInfo: System Processor Information |
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Posted: | Sunday November 28, 1999 | |
Updated: | Monday December 26, 2011 | |
Applies to: | VB4-32, VB5, VB6 | |
Developed with: | VB6, Windows NT4, Windows 2000, Windows XP Pro | |
OS restrictions: | None, but see prerequisites | |
Author: | VBnet - Randy Birch | |
Related: |
GetVersionEx: Windows Version Info (Wrapper Routines) GetFileVersionInfo: Handy Routines for Identifying Shell32 Versions GetVersionEx: Windows Version, Service Pack and Platform Info |
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Prerequisites |
None, however obtaining the CPU speed is only available on NT4, Windows 2000 or Windows XP or higher (unless the WinMgmts object is used). |
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GetSystemInfo
provides access to processor and memory--specific system attributes. This page looks at the values returned pertaining to processors, and how
to retrieve meaningful information from those values. As an added bonus, because no API as yet provides access to processor speed
information, on Windows NT4 or greater systems a registry routine can be used to extract the processor speed.
The code is presented as a one-button routine; extending the functionality into wrappers for the various data elements is a simple process. |
BAS Module Code |
None. |
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Form Code |
Add the following code to a form containing a single command button (Command1): |
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Option Explicit '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ' Copyright ©1996-2011 VBnet/Randy Birch, All Rights Reserved. ' Some pages may also contain other copyrights by the author. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ' Distribution: You can freely use this code in your own ' applications, but you may not reproduce ' or publish this code on any web site, ' online service, or distribute as source ' on any media without express permission. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' 'Flags for GetSystemInfo Private Const PROCESSOR_INTEL_386 As Long = 386 Private Const PROCESSOR_INTEL_486 As Long = 486 Private Const PROCESSOR_INTEL_PENTIUM As Long = 586 Private Const PROCESSOR_MIPS_R4000 As Long = 4000 Private Const PROCESSOR_ALPHA_21064 As Long = 21064 Private Const PROCESSOR_PPC_601 As Long = 601 Private Const PROCESSOR_PPC_603 As Long = 603 Private Const PROCESSOR_PPC_604 As Long = 604 Private Const PROCESSOR_PPC_620 As Long = 620 Private Const PROCESSOR_HITACHI_SH3 As Long = 10003 'Windows CE Private Const PROCESSOR_HITACHI_SH3E As Long = 10004 'Windows CE Private Const PROCESSOR_HITACHI_SH4 As Long = 10005 'Windows CE Private Const PROCESSOR_MOTOROLA_821 As Long = 821 'Windows CE Private Const PROCESSOR_SHx_SH3 As Long = 103 'Windows CE Private Const PROCESSOR_SHx_SH4 As Long = 104 'Windows CE Private Const PROCESSOR_STRONGARM As Long = 2577 'Windows CE - 0xA11 Private Const PROCESSOR_ARM720 As Long = 1824 'Windows CE - 0x720 Private Const PROCESSOR_ARM820 As Long = 2080 'Windows CE - 0x820 Private Const PROCESSOR_ARM920 As Long = 2336 'Windows CE - 0x920 Private Const PROCESSOR_ARM_7TDMI As Long = 70001 'Windows CE Private Const PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL As Long = 0 Private Const PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_MIPS As Long = 1 Private Const PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_ALPHA As Long = 2 Private Const PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_PPC As Long = 3 Private Const PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_SHX As Long = 4 Private Const PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_ARM As Long = 5 Private Const PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA64 As Long = 6 Private Const PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_ALPHA64 As Long = 7 Private Const PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_UNKNOWN As Long = &HFFFF& Private Const PROCESSOR_LEVEL_80386 As Long = 3 Private Const PROCESSOR_LEVEL_80486 As Long = 4 Private Const PROCESSOR_LEVEL_PENTIUM As Long = 5 Private Const PROCESSOR_LEVEL_PENTIUMII As Long = 6 Private Const sCPURegKey = "HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0" Private Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE As Long = &H80000002 Private Type SYSTEM_INFO dwOemID As Long dwPageSize As Long lpMinimumApplicationAddress As Long lpMaximumApplicationAddress As Long dwActiveProcessorMask As Long dwNumberOfProcessors As Long dwProcessorType As Long dwAllocationGranularity As Long wProcessorLevel As Integer wProcessorRevision As Integer End Type Private Declare Sub GetSystemInfo Lib "kernel32" _ (lpSystemInfo As SYSTEM_INFO) Private Declare Function RegCloseKey Lib "advapi32" _ (ByVal hKey As Long) As Long Private Declare Function RegOpenKey Lib "advapi32" _ Alias "RegOpenKeyA" _ (ByVal hKey As Long, _ ByVal lpSubKey As String, _ phkResult As Long) As Long Private Declare Function RegQueryValueEx Lib "advapi32" _ Alias "RegQueryValueExA" _ (ByVal hKey As Long, _ ByVal lpValueName As String, _ ByVal lpReserved As Long, _ lpType As Long, _ lpData As Any, _ lpcbData As Long) As Long Private Sub Command1_Click() Dim SI As SYSTEM_INFO Dim tmp As String Call GetSystemInfo(SI) Print "Number Of Processors", SI.dwNumberOfProcessors Select Case SI.dwProcessorType Case PROCESSOR_INTEL_386: tmp = "386" Case PROCESSOR_INTEL_486: tmp = "486" Case PROCESSOR_INTEL_PENTIUM: tmp = "Pentium" Case PROCESSOR_MIPS_R4000: tmp = "MIPS 4000" Case PROCESSOR_ALPHA_21064: tmp = "Alpha" End Select Print "Processor Type", SI.dwProcessorType, tmp Select Case SI.wProcessorLevel Case PROCESSOR_LEVEL_80386: tmp = "Intel 80386" Case PROCESSOR_LEVEL_80486: tmp = "Intel 80486" Case PROCESSOR_LEVEL_PENTIUM: tmp = "Intel Pentium" Case PROCESSOR_LEVEL_PENTIUMII: tmp = "Intel Pentium Pro, II, III or 4" End Select Print "Processor Level", SI.wProcessorLevel, tmp Print "Processor Revision", SI.wProcessorRevision, _ "Model "; HiByte(SI.wProcessorRevision) & _ ", Stepping " & LoByte(SI.wProcessorRevision) Print "CPU Speed", , " " & GetCPUSpeed() & " MHz" End Sub Private Function GetCPUSpeed() As Long Dim hKey As Long Dim cpuSpeed As Long 'Open CPU key Call RegOpenKey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, sCPURegKey, hKey) 'and retrieve the value Call RegQueryValueEx(hKey, "~MHz", 0, 0, cpuSpeed, 4) Call RegCloseKey(hKey) GetCPUSpeed = cpuSpeed End Function Public Function HiByte(ByVal wParam As Integer) As Byte 'note: VB4-32 users should declare this function As Integer HiByte = (wParam And &HFF00&) \ (&H100) End Function Public Function LoByte(ByVal wParam As Integer) As Byte 'note: VB4-32 users should declare this function As Integer LoByte = wParam And &HFF& End Function |
Comments |
Note that much of the data returned is specific to NT. The MSDN information for the SYSTEM_INFO data type explains the returned information in detail. In addition, although a practice not recommended by Microsoft, some of this information can be obtained through querying environment variables. |
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