How do I determine the available amount of memory in a Pocket PC (code
example)? I need to check if there is space enough for saving data before
doing it.

Thanks
Ole

So, you don't want to know the amount of available memory, but the amount of
available disk space? I'm not sure that you will ever be able to reliably
predict ahead of time whether X is enough memory to save a file of size Y or
not. You have to deal with cluster sizes, just like you do on the desktop
when saving to disk. You can take a look at GetDiskFreeSpaceEx() in the C
SDK. You should be able to P/Invoke to that. Probably the 'right' way is
to just try to save and, if you get a disk-full exception, report that to
the user or take suitable automatic action as a result. I don't see
DriveInfo in .NET Compact Framework, so I think that P/Invoking is probably
going to be necessary.

Paul T.

"Ole" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> How do I determine the available amount of memory in a Pocket PC (code
> example)? I need to check if there is space enough for saving data before
> doing it.
>
> Thanks
> Ole
>

On Nov 8, 2:10 pm, "Ole" <o...@blabla.com> wrote:
> How do I determine the available amount of memory in a Pocket PC (code
> example)? I need to check if there is space enough for saving data before
> doing it.
>
> Thanks
> Ole

Try OpenNETCF.IO.DriveInfo.AvailableFreeSpace in OpenNETCF 2.1
Framework. Its free if you are not aware of it

http://www.opennetcf.com/library/sdf/
http://www.opennetcf.com/Products/Sm...7/Default.aspx

Regards,
Nabeel

Thanks - GetDiskFreeSpaceEx does the job for me.

Ole


"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT
com> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> So, you don't want to know the amount of available memory, but the amount
> of available disk space? I'm not sure that you will ever be able to
> reliably predict ahead of time whether X is enough memory to save a file
> of size Y or not. You have to deal with cluster sizes, just like you do
> on the desktop when saving to disk. You can take a look at
> GetDiskFreeSpaceEx() in the C SDK. You should be able to P/Invoke to
> that. Probably the 'right' way is to just try to save and, if you get a
> disk-full exception, report that to the user or take suitable automatic
> action as a result. I don't see DriveInfo in .NET Compact Framework, so I
> think that P/Invoking is probably going to be necessary.
>
> Paul T.
>
> "Ole" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> How do I determine the available amount of memory in a Pocket PC (code
>> example)? I need to check if there is space enough for saving data before
>> doing it.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Ole
>>
>
>