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GetDiskFreeSpaceEx() in WIN32API
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Visual FoxPro
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Windows API functions
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00315812
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>>>The function is available only with Win95 OSR 2 and later (as mentioned in my FAQ).
>>
>>Right, then I've modified your code so that it'll use getdiskfreespace() on computers that do not have OSR2 or later:
>>
>>if getversionex(@lcstruct) # 0
>> * Check if this is VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_WINDOWS
>> if stringtointeger(substr(lcstruct, 17, 4)) = 1
>> * Check if OSR2 or later
>> if stringtointeger(substr(lcstruct, 13, 4)) > 1000
>> *use new function... getdiskfreespaceex()
>> else
>> *use old function... getdiskfreespace()
>> endif
>> endif
>>endif
>>
>>It didn't work, the stringtointeger(substr(lcstruct, 13, 4)) > 1000 was .t. on a computer with Win 95 4.00.950a
>
>My error here. Use StringToInteger(SUBSTR(lcstruct, 13, 2)) > 1000. The build number is in the high order word. Let me know if this fixes it.
>
>BTW, why not use the DISKSPACE() function rather than GetDiskFreeSpace() or SYS(2020) for this?

Better would be to use the Scripting.FileSystemObject automation object from the WSH - the Drive object gets the information reliably regardless of the base platform...
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