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StrFormatByteSize in C#: Formatting a file size for display.

using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

[DllImport("Shlwapi.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
public static extern long StrFormatByteSize( long fileSize,
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)] StringBuilder buffer, int bufferSize );

public static string StrFormatByteSize(long fileSize)
{
StringBuilder sbBuffer = new StringBuilder(20);
StrFormatByteSize(fileSize, sbBuffer, 20);
return sbBuffer.ToString();
}

(Posted since I didn't find this on my Deja search)

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