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     The following illustrates the output format of the WDG command.
     The fields are indicated by bold numbers:
 
     1     2       3           4        5    6
     047E  (0A7D)  00000020b   MYAPP    PRIV MOVEABLE DISCARDABLE
                                                   7
     0A6D          00000134b   MYAPP    DATA FIXED PGLOCKED=0001
                                   8
     0806  (0805)  00000600b   PDB (0465)
     9
     FREE          000000A0b
 
     The following describes the indicated fields:
 
     1  A global memory handle value.
 
        Global memory objects are displayed in the order in which
        Windows manages them, which is typically not in ascending
        handle order.
 
     2  A memory selector.
 
        This value is not displayed if the selector value is the same
        as the global handle, as is the case for DATA objects.
 
     3  The length in bytes of the global memory object.
 
     4  The name of the module that allocated the object.
 
        The name "PDB" is for Process Descriptor Block, which is
        sometimes called the PSP.
 
     5  The type of global memory object:
 
        PRIV     Application or DLL global data, or system object
        CODE     Code segment
        DATA     Data segment of application or DLL
        FREE     Free memory block in the global heap
 
     6  One or more of the following combinations of memory allocation
        attributes:
 
        MOVEABLE
        MOVEABLE DISCARDABLE
        FIXED
 
     7  The disposition of the object:
 
        LOCKED = number     The <number> shows a count of times the
                            object has been locked with GlobalLock or
                            LockData.
 
        PGLOCKED = number   The <number> shows a count of times Windows
                            has locked the object in its linear address
                            space.
 
     8  The owner handle of the Process Descriptor Block.
 
     9  A free memory block, followed by the size of the free block.
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