Displaying PDF file size on a NewsList control (FileInfo)

Victor Dollero

Vote:

Hello, I have a NewsList control that lists information about documents such as title, date of publication, etc and a link to a pdf file. I display all of these values by using the container sintax as follows:



    <%#getlink(container.currentpage)%>
    , (<%# container.currentpage["datepublication"] !="null?((DateTime)Container.CurrentPage["DatePublication"]).ToString("d"):" "no publication data available"%>)

    File Size:  <%#container.currentpage["varfilepath"]%>  kb

I am trying to extract the file size of the file which I will then display in the last line inside the NewsTemplate. Does anyone know how to do this using the Container reference as it is a list inside a NewsList? I researched and wonder if the answer is in the FileInfo class. Maybe something along the following could work but it isn't.


ascx
<%# getfilelength(container.currentpage)%> kb

ascx.cs
        public string GetFileLength(PageData pdFileInfo)
        {
            FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(pdFileInfo.Property["varFilePath"].ToString());
            return fi.Length.ToString();
        }

Any better ideas anyone? Thanks. Victor

#13322

Jan 14, 2008 14:06

Victor Dollero

Vote:

I ended up using the following code: aspx


, 
   <%# GetFileLength(Container.CurrentPage["varFilePath"].ToString())%>

aspx.cs


        public string GetFileLength(string FilePath)
        {
            string _getFileInfo = "";

            try
            {
                FileInfo finfo = new FileInfo(Server.MapPath(FilePath));
                long FileInKB = finfo.Length / 1024;

                _getFileInfo = FileInKB.ToString();
            }
            catch (NotSupportedException)
            {
            }
            catch (ArgumentException)
            {
            }
            catch (IOException)
            {
            }
            catch(HttpException)
            {
            }

            return _getFileInfo;
        }

#15594

Jan 15, 2008 16:46