API or .NET?

[dannyres]

Hi guys, im just wondering... say i wanted to do some file operations like delete a file/copy a file. Which would be faster:

Using System.IO or Using Windows API?

MY application needs to go as fast as possible as its copying alot of files.



Thanks, Dan

 

[dynamic_sysop]

as far as im aware the System.IO way uses the same methods as the Api way , so there shouldnt be a real difference.

 

[PROKA]

The .NET common language runtime is meant to be platform non-specific. Whenever you use a Windows API call, youre tying your code to the specific platform (that is, a specific version of Windows, and Windows itself, as opposed to some other operating system) on which you wrote it. Converting your code to another platform, should that ever become necessary, will require modifications to each line of code that uses the API call

Its not faster , but I suggest you to replace the API Calls with .NET Framework Classes whenever it is possible