Can direct disk I/O be done in VB6?

[Bregga]

Does anyone know how to set the FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING parameter in VB. It apparently is available for C, but I don't see how to set it for VB. I am interested in writing a disk test to exercise the disk, and with buffered I/O, NT moves the data through cache, so the disk activity is not constant.<br>
Thanks<br>

 

[DougP]

Well If you know &quot;C&quot; write a &quot;C&quot; program and call it from VB. <p> DougP<br><a href=mailto: dposton@universal1.com> dposton@universal1.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[Alt255]

Good observation, Doug. VB is a little weak in some areas. I'm a little weak in C so I do all my low-level calls by shelling to QB45 apps. Hey, it works! How many Visual Anythings can set the OEM ID on a disk?<br>

 

[Karl Blessing]

all i ever do here at work is write ActiveXs in VC++ so that the VB programmers can use it's complex level functionality. (That and also they paid 600$ for the TCP/IP source code, from dundas, which happened to be VC++ and they needed a VC++ programmer to customize it cuz they didnt wana be limited with the 300$ activeX version) <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@bellsouth.net>kb244@bellsouth.net</a><br><a href=

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