You can use the program Process Explorer to see how many handles running applications have. Is there a way with Delphi code to get this number? I am interested in tracking the number for the application itself; not to find the number of handles used by other applications as Process Explorer is doing.
My intention is for the application to track/detect possible resource leaks.
Use the GetProcessHandleCount
function. This API function is in recent versions of Delphi imported by the Winapi.Windows unit (so you can omit the presented one):
function GetProcessHandleCount(hProcess: THandle; var pdwHandleCount: DWORD): BOOL; stdcall;
external 'kernel32.dll';
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
HandleCount: DWORD;
begin
if GetProcessHandleCount(GetCurrentProcess, HandleCount) then
ShowMessage('Handle count: ' + IntToStr(HandleCount));
end;