Problem with free space checker

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  14 years ago

  by sabba

  sebas

  , Namibia

  Joined 14 years ago

  Hello,
  
  I'm working on a backup script. And i'm now making a script to check how much freespace
  there is on the USB-disk. And a different check to see how big the file is what he needs to backup.
  
  For Example i got these values:
  objLogicalDisk.FreeSpace = 25634826 (freespace on USB-disk)
  FileSize = 1873152 (file size what he needs to backup)
  
  These values are in bytes!
  
  And i got this script:
  
  Call StatusschermText( objLogicalDisk.FreeSpace & "-" & FileSize )
  
  If ("FileSize" > "objLogicalDisk.Freespace") then
  msgbox "STOP!!"
  
  Else
  msgbox "go on...."
  End If
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I want to get if the FileSize is bigger or equal then the objLogicalDisk.Freespace to get
  the message: STOP
  
  And if the value FileSize is smaller the objLogicalDisk.FreeSpace to get the message: go on....
  
  But with the script i have now it's always showing me the message go on....
  Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  14 years ago

  by Nimpo

  Mitch ★

  Denver, United States

  Joined 16 years ago
  Shouldn't
  If ("FileSize" > "objLogicalDisk.Freespace") then
  be
  If (FileSize > objLogicalDisk.Freespace) then
  
  Since you had quotes, it was comparing the literal String and not the numeric variables.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  14 years ago

  by sabba

  sebas

  , Namibia

  Joined 14 years ago

  Thanks for the answer!

  I tried it but it doesn't worked. So i tried a few more things and finally i got the problem. The values FileSize and objLogicalDisk.Freespace were in bytes. And when i made those values in MB's it worked just fine!

  So thanks for your help!

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