put the length of bills_var --- On Sun, 5/16/10, Bill Vlahos <bvla...@mac.com> wrote:
> From: Bill Vlahos <bvla...@mac.com> > Subject: Get size in bytes of object > To: "How to use Revolution" <use-revolution@lists.runrev.com> > Date: Sunday, May 16, 2010, 12:25 PM > I am able to get a file from disk, > compress it, and encrypt it to save the protected file back > to disk. What I want to do is make sure there is enough room > on the disk to save it before I try. I don't see a command > that gets the size of a variable or a specific item on > disk. > > I am able to do the following: > the diskspace --to get available disk > space > the long files -- gets size information > for all files in a folder > the size of an object -- only works for > image, EPS, audioClip, videoClip, stack types of objects > > The user selects the file from anywhere on disk. I could > use "the long files" but I would have to change the > defaultFolder value to the new folder and then back again > and then get the info for all the files just to get the one > the user selected. > > Is there an easier way to do this? > Is there a way to get the size of a variable in Rev? > > Bill Vlahos > _________________ > InfoWallet (http://www.infowallet.com) is about > keeping your important life information with you, > accessible, and secure. > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage > your subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution