Changing bytes to Kbytes / Mbyts / etc

Question

I have a program that downloads a file from net and it shows progress in progress bar and in a text box.... the problem is...it shows the data in Bytes....i wanna know how can i convert it and make it show in all others

like

Kbytes

Mbytes

Gbytes

TBytes ( well maybe not Tbytes ;p  ^^ )

thx ahead.

 

 

 

 

Answer 1

well the first thing to realize is that a kilo byte is actually 2^10 bytes or 1024 bytes....

Kb = 2^10 =1024b

Mb= 2^20=1,048,576b

Gb=2^30=1,073,741,824b

Tb=2^40=1,099,511,627,776b

Pb=2^50

 

now from there it is simple division to figure out how many kilobytes or portions of Petrabytes that you have

Answer 2

Sorry but i didn't got it

 

 

if you don't mine...this is my code that show the Bytes into a Label....can you edit it and show me how should i do it to change the Bytes into Kbytes / Mbytes / etc

 

 

 

Label1.Text = e.BytesReceived.ToString() & " Bytes Out Of " & e.TotalBytesToReceive.ToString()

 

 

Answer 3

8 bits = 1 Byte
1024 Bytes = 1 Kbyte
1024 Kbytes = 1 Mbyte
1024 Mbytes = 1 Gigabyte
1024 Gigabytes = 1 Terabyte

This is plain math now...

3265Kb = Mb?

3265 / 1024 = 3,18Mb

Did you get it now?

 

Best regards.

dp

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Answer 4

not really :S...

that's what i tryed

Dim Prg1 As Double

Prg1 = e.TotalBytesToReceive / 1024

and i get a even bigger number:   xxxx.xxxxxxxx about |:

 

 

Answer 5

Hi.

The value that you are getting is correct. You just have to format it.

Take a look at this example.

Dim var1 As Double = 3560
        var1 = var1 / 1024
        MsgBox(FormatNumber(var1))

Best regards.

dp

Answer 6

 

Try this:

Prg1 = e.TotalBytesToReceive >> 10

Answer 7

ReneeC wrote:

Try this: Prg1 = e.TotalBytesToReceive >> 10

 

Honestly i don't know how a "right shift on a bit pattern" wil help on formating a decimal value.

Best regards.

dp

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