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Inter	7 Oct, 2006 - 12:47 PM Post #1
New D.I.C Head Joined: 7 Oct, 2006 Posts: 5 My Contributions	Hi, i got an little question im stuck on. How can i get the size of an folder? Do i need to loop all the files in the folder somehow?, if so how? Best Regards /Inter
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gregoryH	RE: Folder File Size 7 Oct, 2006 - 09:51 PM Post #2
D.I.C Regular Joined: 4 Oct, 2006 Posts: 417 Dream Kudos: 50 My Contributions	Hi First: Which C++ compiler are you using? Second: Do you want to use the std library, WIN32 API or MFC/VCL? There isn't a third question, so its not the inquisition.... Regardless of the compiler, this is the sort of problem that can be solved in either a recursive or procedural manner. Talk to me
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Xing	RE: Folder File Size 7 Oct, 2006 - 09:56 PM Post #3
D.I.C Addict Joined: 22 Jul, 2006 Posts: 723 Thanked: 2 times Dream Kudos: 1575 My Contributions	OS? Language- C or C++? Compiler?
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gregoryH	RE: Folder File Size 7 Oct, 2006 - 10:29 PM Post #4
D.I.C Regular Joined: 4 Oct, 2006 Posts: 417 Dream Kudos: 50 My Contributions	ok - now its three questions....
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Inter	RE: Folder File Size 8 Oct, 2006 - 09:05 AM Post #5
New D.I.C Head Joined: 7 Oct, 2006 Posts: 5 My Contributions	thanks for reply guys I use MVC++ 6.0 I have Windows XP Pro Will code it in WinAPI C++ Best Regards Inter
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Xing	RE: Folder File Size 8 Oct, 2006 - 10:15 AM Post #6
D.I.C Addict Joined: 22 Jul, 2006 Posts: 723 Thanked: 2 times Dream Kudos: 1575 My Contributions	You can use GetFileSize() which needs a handle to folder or open file.
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violent_crimson	RE: Folder File Size 8 Oct, 2006 - 05:49 PM Post #7
New D.I.C Head Joined: 31 Aug, 2006 Posts: 36 My Contributions	http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default....getfilesize.asp
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Inter	RE: Folder File Size 9 Oct, 2006 - 06:49 AM Post #8
New D.I.C Head Joined: 7 Oct, 2006 Posts: 5 My Contributions	hi thx for reply. I still having trouble to get my folder as handle, and if i try with CreateFile, to get the folder as handle and use GetFileSize on that handle, i get result -1? Best Regards Inter
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Xing	RE: Folder File Size 9 Oct, 2006 - 07:03 AM Post #9
D.I.C Addict Joined: 22 Jul, 2006 Posts: 723 Thanked: 2 times Dream Kudos: 1575 My Contributions	and your code is?
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Inter	RE: Folder File Size 10 Oct, 2006 - 10:15 AM Post #10
New D.I.C Head Joined: 7 Oct, 2006 Posts: 5 My Contributions	Here is the code CODE HANDLE hnd_folder = CreateFile("folder1",GENERIC_READ,0,NULL,CREATE_ALWAYS,FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,NULL); DWORD size = GetFileSize(hnd_folder,NULL); thanks /Inter
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born2c0de	RE: Folder File Size 11 Oct, 2006 - 08:44 AM Post #11
printf("I'm a %XR",195936478); Joined: 26 Nov, 2004 Posts: 3,935 Thanked: 34 times Dream Kudos: 2800 Expert In: 80x86 Assembly, C/C++, VB6, VB.NET, C#, J2SE, Win32 API, Reversing My Contributions	That is because folder1 is being created as a file, not a folder.... I get the result as 0..and not -1.
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Inter	RE: Folder File Size 25 Oct, 2006 - 05:32 AM Post #12
New D.I.C Head Joined: 7 Oct, 2006 Posts: 5 My Contributions	Hi again. Cant get this working... Can anyone paste me a code snippet? thx Inter
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