Article: Q153091
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:4.0,5.0,6.0
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbGrpDSVB
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition, 32-bit, for Windows, version 4.0
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SUMMARY
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From Visual Basic, it is possible to use the Win32 API function GetDiskFreeSpace
to find and view the amount of free disk space on a specified drive. The code
sample below shows this in practice.
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Sample Code
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1. Start a new project in Visual Basic. Form1 is created by default.
2. Remove Form1 from the project.
3. Add a BAS module to the project.
4. Add the following code to the Module1 code window:
Declare Function GetDiskFreeSpace Lib "kernel32" Alias _
"GetDiskFreeSpaceA" (ByVal lpRootPathName As String, _
lpSectorsPerCluster As Long, lpBytesPerSector As Long, _
lpNumberOfFreeClusters As Long, lpTotalNumberOfClusters As Long) _
As Long
Public Type DiskInformation
lpSectorsPerCluster As Long
lpBytesPerSector As Long
lpNumberOfFreeClusters As Long
lpTotalNumberOfClusters As Long
End Type
Sub main()
Dim info As DiskInformation
Dim lAnswer As Long
Dim lpRootPathName As String
Dim lpSectorsPerCluster As Long
Dim lpBytesPerSector As Long
Dim lpNumberOfFreeClusters As Long
Dim lpTotalNumberOfClusters As Long
Dim lBytesPerCluster As Long
Dim lNumFreeBytes As Double
Dim sString As String
lpRootPathName = "c:\"
lAnswer = GetDiskFreeSpace(lpRootPathName, lpSectorsPerCluster, _
lpBytesPerSector, lpNumberOfFreeClusters, lpTotalNumberOfClusters)
lBytesPerCluster = lpSectorsPerCluster * lpBytesPerSector
lNumFreeBytes = lBytesPerCluster * lpNumberOfFreeClusters
sString = "Number of Free Bytes : " & lNumFreeBytes & vbCr & vbLf
sString = sString & "Number of Free Kilobytes: " & (lNumFreeBytes _
/ 1024) & "K" & vbCr & vbLf
sString = sString & "Number of Free Megabytes: " & _
Format(((lNumFreeBytes / 1024) / 1024), "0.00") & "MB"
MsgBox sString
End Sub
5. Press the F5 key or choose Start from the Run menu to start the program. You
will see a message box displaying the free disk space on drive C:.
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Keywords : kbGrpDSVB
Technology : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVB600Search kbVBA500 kbVBA600 kbVB500 kbVB600 kbVB400Search kbVB400
Version : WINDOWS:4.0,5.0,6.0
Issue type : kbhowto
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