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This issue expands on the cVolumeInfo class introduced last week. This week we add the ability to gather the total disk space and the available disk space for a disk drive. It accomplishes this task by using an API call, GetDiskFreeSpace.
Last week we sent you the first version of the cVolumeInfo class. It had the ability to determine the label of a disk drive. This week we have included an updated cVolumeInfo class which has two new functions for getting the total disk space and the available free disk space. The first function, TotalDiskSpace will gather the total disk space information for the drive specified by the Drive property. The second function, FreeDiskSpace will gather the available free disk space information for the drive specified by the Drive property. The number returned from both functions are data type Double. This should handle the largest available drives currently on the market.
Inside the two functions you will notice some multiplication done with SectorsPerCluster and BytesPerSector. The GetDiskFreeSpace returns this information. For those of you not familiar with the way data storage is laid out, a quick lesson follows. On your hard drive, the smallest unit of data storage is called a sector. In order to handle data efficiently on larger hard drives, the operating system combines several sectors together to form a cluster. When you multiply the SectorsPerCluster by the BytesPerCluster you will get the total number of bytes stored in each cluster. This number multiplied by the available clusters or the total clusters on the drive will give you the free disk space or the total disk space. If you have any additional questions about this topic, drop us an email at questions@codeoftheweek.com
Public Function TotalDiskSpace() As Double Public Function FreeDiskSpace() As Double
On frmDriveType we created a ListView control called lvDrives. We also created a command button called cmdClose. This sample will scan all drives looking for volume labels, total disk size and available disk space.
Option Explicit
Private Sub cmdClose_Click()
Unload Me
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Load()
SetupForm
ShowDriveInfo
End Subdata is
Private Sub SetupForm()
With lvDrives
.ColumnHeaders.Add , "Drive", "Drive"
.ColumnHeaders.Add , "Volume Label", "Volume Label"
.ColumnHeaders.Add , "Total Size", "Total Size", , lvwColumnRight
.ColumnHeaders.Add , "Free Space", "Free Space", , lvwColumnRight
.Sorted = True
.SortKey = 0
.View = lvwReport
End With
End Sub
Private Sub ShowDriveInfo()
Dim x As Integer
Dim itm As ListItem
Dim sDrive As String
Dim lDriveType As Long
Dim sDriveTypeDesc As String
lvDrives.ListItems.Clear
For x = 67 To 90
sDrive = Chr$(x)
Dim vol As New cVolumeInfo
vol.Drive = sDrive
' only add drives that have labels
If vol.Label <> "" Then
Set itm = lvDrives.ListItems.Add(, sDrive, sDrive)
itm.SubItems(1) = vol.Label
itm.SubItems(2) = Format$(vol.TotalDiskSpace, "###,###,###")
itm.SubItems(3) = Format$(vol.FreeDiskSpace, "###,###,###")
End If
Next
End Sub
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