6 replies to this topic

[cyberdelic]

Hi there,
it seems that IS 5.5 doesn't warn the user if he installs to a disk with unsufficient diskspace. Therefore I wanted to check the free diskspace with a script. Does anyone know how I can check for free diskspace ? The GetSystemInfo only returns the total amount of my harddisk.
Thank you

[hambone]

another option might be to use the OutofNoRbDispSpace property.  this property is set after the CostFinalize action.  this property will be set to true if the target of an installation has insufficient space...

[hambone]

finger foul up property name is: OutofNoRbDiskSpace NOT/NOT ...DispSpace, sorry

[Stefan Krueger]

hambone's suggestion would work only with InstallShield Developer, but we're talking about Professional 5 here.

The function that cyberdelic is looking for is probably GetDiskSpaceEx

[hambone]

thanks stefan,  i wasn't aware that there was a GetDiskSpaceEx in Professional.  that seems like a more elegant solution!

the OutofNoRbDiskSpace property i was referring to is standard for msis and, as such, should be supported by all of the tools ?

[cyberdelic]

GetDiskspace and GetDiskspaceEx return the whole diskspace on my drive, not the remaining diskspace ! Does anyone know how I can check the remaining diskspace ? Thanks

[Stefan Krueger]

hambone: Professional 5 is not MSI based

cyberdelic: it should return the free space