Format(string.......etc

[Steven Burn]

Anyone able to tell me if there's an alternative to the Format function that
VB has? (it appears ASP doesn't support it)

I'm basically (and believe me, I know how stupid this is going to sound)
trying to find a way of getting a file/folder's size to show in something
other than bytes (i.e. KB or MB, depending on what size it is).

I've tried modifying some of my VB functions to ASP compatable, but it
doesn't seem to like them.

E.G. in VB, I use;

something = Format((Fldr.Size / 1024), "#0.00") & " KB"

or

Format((Fldr.Size / 1024) / 1024, "##0.00") & " MB"

Neither of the above seem to work as below;

Response.Write Format((Fldr.Size / 1024) / 1024, "##0.00") & " MB"

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[Richard K Bethell]

Anyone able to tell me if there's an alternative to the Format function that
VB has? (it appears ASP doesn't support it)

I'm basically (and believe me, I know how stupid this is going to sound)
trying to find a way of getting a file/folder's size to show in something
other than bytes (i.e. KB or MB, depending on what size it is).

I've tried modifying some of my VB functions to ASP compatable, but it
doesn't seem to like them.

E.G. in VB, I use;

something = Format((Fldr.Size / 1024), "#0.00") & " KB"

Why not simply perform the math operation (without the Format command) on a
variable, and then Response.Write it with "KB" appended as a string?

R.

 

[Bob Barrows]

Anyone able to tell me if there's an alternative to the Format
function that VB has? (it appears ASP doesn't support it)

It's vbscript that doesn't support it (ASP is not a language).
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/script56/html/vsgrpnonfeatures.asp

I'm basically (and believe me, I know how stupid this is going to
sound) trying to find a way of getting a file/folder's size to show
in something other than bytes (i.e. KB or MB, depending on what size
it is).

I've tried modifying some of my VB functions to ASP compatable, but it
doesn't seem to like them.

E.G. in VB, I use;

something = Format((Fldr.Size / 1024), "#0.00") & " KB"

or

Format((Fldr.Size / 1024) / 1024, "##0.00") & " MB"

Neither of the above seem to work as below;

Response.Write Format((Fldr.Size / 1024) / 1024, "##0.00") & " MB"

http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2313

HTH,
Bob Barrows

 

[Steven Burn]

hehe, I've just thought of that aswell.

Haven't tried it yet, but if I'm correct, then the below should work???

Response.Write fldr.Size /1024 & " KB"

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[Mark Schupp]

See the FormatNumber function.

You will still have to perform the division but FormatNumber can control the
number of places after the decimal point.

 

[Steven Burn]

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[Steven Burn]

It's vbscript that doesn't support it (ASP is not a language).
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/script56/html/vsgrpnonfeatures.asp

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hehe, I know what I meant ;o)

http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2313

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Cheers ;o)

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[Steven Burn]

I've sorted it, thanks for the replies guys.......

Function FeckIt(florfldr)
FeckIt = formatnumber((cdbl(florfldr)/1024),0):If FeckIt < 1 then FeckIt
= 1
End Function

Response.Write FeckIt(File.Size) & " KB"

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Steven Burn
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