Comments on: Getting a file size (on Windows) http://www.flamingspork.com/blog/2008/02/11/getting-a-file-size-on-windows/ Ramblings which occasionally resemble reality. This is the blog of Stewart Smith. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:29:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: peas http://www.flamingspork.com/blog/2008/02/11/getting-a-file-size-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-88659 peas Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:14:02 +0000 http://www.flamingspork.com/blog/2008/02/11/getting-a-file-size-on-windows/#comment-88659 SS: thanks for taking the time to post this. I was pulling my hair out with GetFileSize, trying to understand why on earth it kept resulting in an invalid handle error. It was clearly getting a valid file handle because my app is able to successfully write to that file! FindFirstFile works beautifully. Micro$oft's APIs have become a convoluted mess.. I feel your pain! SS: thanks for taking the time to post this. I was pulling my hair out with GetFileSize, trying to understand why on earth it kept resulting in an invalid handle error. It was clearly getting a valid file handle because my app is able to successfully write to that file! FindFirstFile works beautifully. Micro$oft’s APIs have become a convoluted mess.. I feel your pain!

]]> By: TimC http://www.flamingspork.com/blog/2008/02/11/getting-a-file-size-on-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-88345 TimC Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:07:14 +0000 http://www.flamingspork.com/blog/2008/02/11/getting-a-file-size-on-windows/#comment-88345 Maybe this is why money is charged for most software on windows. No one would want to do it for fun, so it has to be done for money. And it requires /so/ much sanity to be forcefully removed that no one would want to do it without suitable recompense. Stu: Is there a reason why the label for the subscribe button below is blank? Maybe this is why money is charged for most software on windows. No one would want to do it for fun, so it has to be done for money. And it requires /so/ much sanity to be forcefully removed that no one would want to do it without suitable recompense.

Stu: Is there a reason why the label for the subscribe button below is blank?

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