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- VBIO VBX - A Visual Basic Custom Control for accessing
- and changing disk and file-data
-
- VBIO is a freeware VBX that allows you to get and set file- and disk-information,
- you normally don't have access to.
-
- Features include:
- - Get and set disk serial-number (number and string)
- - Get and set disk volumelabel
- - Get drive type (floppy, harddisk, cd-rom, network drive)
- - Get drive fat-type (filesystem type)
- - Get free diskspace and total diskspace
- - Get sectors per cluster, bytes per sector for a drive, free clusters
- and total clusters
- - Get and set file-attributes (even hides or unhides subdirectories)
- - get and set file-date, file-time
- - get a file's size
- - Determine if a drive or file exists
- - Errors are reported by the Error and ErrorMessage properties and/or
- as a trappable run-time error (you decide).
-
- VBIO VBX includes a context-sensitive helpfile. If you need help on a property
- simply select it in the properties dialog and press F1.
-
- This archive should contain the following files:
-
- VBIO VBX The VBX
- VBIO HLP Context sensitive helpfile
- README TXT This file
-
- If you incorporate the VBX in a shareware, freeware or public domain program,
- please include the helpfile and the readme file as well. Others may benefit
- of this VBX also.
-
- VBIO VBX is freeware. That means, it's totally free. You don't have to pay
- for it, not even if you want to use it in commercial applications. If you
- like it and would like to express your gratitude, send us a postcard of
- your hometown. Before you use the VBX, read the help-file for exact details
- about usage, liability etc. If you use the VBX, you agree to be bound by
- the terms of the license agreement in the contents section of the help-file.
- If you don't like the terms, don't use it.
-
- If you incorporate the VBX in a shareware, freeware or public domain program,
- please include the helpfile and the readme file as well. Others may benefit
- of this VBX also. If you don't like to include the helpfile or the readme
- file, that's fine also.
-
- If you have questions, remarks, suggestions, bug-reports or anything else
- you think is useful for us to receive, don't hesitate to send us mail
- (regular or e-mail). You can send it to the address below.
-
- SheAr software
- Arjen Broeze
- Gronausevoetpad 104
- 7511 BN Enschede
- the Netherlands (aka Holland)
-
- e-mail: vbx_dev@shear.iaf.nl