File size problem with regular file object??

[TrojanWolf]

Hey while attempting a workaround on another problem - I came across a problem with the regular file object...it reports the wrong file size in bytes for files bigger than 1.5GB...Am I the only one getting this problem or is there a file size limit in the file object extension?

More importantly is there a workaround?

I'm trying to read the size of directories, however having issues with large directories

(I've tried using the INT64 object as a workaround with no success)

[LB]

My guess is that the number is too big and wraps around the end of the range. To understand what I mean, suppose you have a range from 1 to 10. If you say 4, it stays 4. If you say 0, which is outside the range, it'll wrap around to 10. If you say 11, again outside the range, it'll wrap around again to 1. Saying 15 goes to 5.

So, you were right to attempt to use the Int64 object, since it can handle bigger ranges, but the problem i that the file obejct can't. So, before it even gets to a place where it can be a larger number, it has already wrapped around to a smaller one.

I don't think this can be easily fixed because of how extensions handle numbers, but if the file object could return the size as a string then that would help.

[TrojanWolf]

Thanks for that - it makes sense..
Perhaps there is a workaround..If what you say is true, then If I can find the maximum file size that can be passed into the object, I can use the following equation in the Int64 object to find the actual filesize:
(Bigger filesizes give me a negative value)
if filesize is a negative value -> true filesize = maxfilesize + (maxfilesize + returned value)
i.e: if range is -100 to + 100, then a value of 125 should give me a return of -75
so: 100+(100+(-75)) = 125

Does that make sense?
Does anyone know what the maximum integer value for the file object is?

[LB]

It's probably either 16777216 or 4294967296, it'll take some testing.

[TrojanWolf]

I think I got it -> The max file range is -2^31 to 2^31
that's 2147483648...

[TrojanWolf]

It Works! - Thanks for the help LB.

[Jacob]

I think I got it -> The max file range is -2^31 to 2^31
that's 2147483648...

0 to 2^31 would be 2147483648
-(2^31) to 2^31 is 4294967296, as LB stated.