Yeah. Our current solution is to create a large file and check the free space (with the broken API) until it gets large enough. I await Borland's response with interest, I wounder how long it will take.
Rob Martin Software Engineer phone 03 377 0495 fax 03 377 0496 web www.chreos.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alister Christie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [DUG] 4 GB issue > Yup, have this problem too - my long term solution is porting stuff to > interbase/firebird, short term is make a big file and hope it goes away. > Sometimes just restarting the app works also. Yes it is surprising > that it has not been fixed - might be something to do with delphi 1 > compatibility. > > Robert martin wrote: > > > Hi All > > > > We have recently had a number of strange problems with the BDE reporting > > out of disk space even when a machine has many gigs free. > > > > I have traced the error to known problem with the BDE where it uses > > GetDiskSpace instead of GetDiskSpaceEx when determining the amount of > > free HDD space. GetDiskSpace does not return the correctly amount on > > drives with more than 4 gig free (sometimes causing the BDE to believe > > no HDD is available). > > > > I know the problem but have found no solutions. It amazes me that > > Borland has not fixed this problem in version 5.11 / 5.2. It has been a > > known bug since early BDE versions. GetDiskSpace was made obsolete in > > win 95 SP2. Does anyone have a way of avoiding these problems, the only > > 'solution' I have found is a program that creates a large file to use up > > some drive space. We would rather the error didn't occur in the first > > place. > > -- > Alister Christie > Computers for People > Phone: 04 471 1849 / Fax: 04 471 1266 > PO Box 13085 > Johnsonville > Wellington > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
