FSCTL_SET_SPARSE

[Andreik 66]

How can I translate this code in AutoIt. I know that is an API _WinAPI_CreateFile() and DeviceIoControl can be called from kernel32.dll but I cannot find this constant or what it is FSCTL_SET_SPARSE. Any help is welcome.

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
HANDLE h = CreateFile("Test.txt", GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, CREATE_ALWAYS, 0, NULL);

DWORD dw;
DeviceIoControl(h, FSCTL_SET_SPARSE, NULL, 0, NULL, 0, &dw, NULL);

LONG lDist = 4095;
SetFilePointer(h, 0, &lDist, FILE_BEGIN);
SetEndOfFile(h);

CloseHandle(h);

return 0;
}

Edited July 27, 2010 by Andreik

[FuryCell 3]

Not positive if this is what you need but after several google searches I found this page.

http://www.techreplies.com/development-resources-58/sparse-files-deviceiocontrol-379393/

Public Const FSCTL_SET_SPARSE = &H900C4

So in AutoIt I assume this would be

Const  $FSCTL_SET_SPARSE =0x900C4

Edited July 27, 2010 by FuryCell

[Andreik 66]

^Thanks for answer. Can you translate DllCall function DeviceIoControl. I get an fatal error when I call it. Am I missing something?

Dim $TEMP
$RESULT = DllCall("kernel32.dll","int","DeviceIoControl","hwnd",$FILE,"dword",0x900C4,"ptr",0,"dword",0,"ptr",0,"dword",0,"dword",$TEMP,"ptr",0)

[KaFu 295]

_WinAPI_DeviceIoControl is part of Yashieds excellent WinAPIEx UDF.

Edit: Additionally take a look at this MSDN article for the dll structure definition expected by the function.

Edited July 27, 2010 by KaFu