>Earlier we used to save files with more than 8+3 charecters for file name and extension. Now we can have long file names (enhanced file descreptions). If I give the long file name , I want the equilant short file name and vice versa.
>
>eg: when you type DIR command at DOS prompt, you get short and long file names.
>
>If I need to use any Windows APIs or DLLs, Pl give the names and functions to retrieve the fiel names.
>
>With Regards
>Satya

lParameters lpFileName
lpFindFileData = space(1024)
declare integer FindFirstFile in win32api ;
    string @lpFileName, string @lpFindFileData
declare integer FindClose in win32api ;
    integer lnHandle

*!*	typedef struct _WIN32_FIND_DATA { // wfd  
*!*	    DWORD dwFileAttributes;
*!*	    FILETIME ftCreationTime;
*!*	    FILETIME ftLastAccessTime;
*!*	    FILETIME ftLastWriteTime;
*!*	    DWORD    nFileSizeHigh;
*!*	    DWORD    nFileSizeLow;
*!*	    DWORD    dwReserved0;
*!*	    DWORD    dwReserved1;
*!*	    TCHAR    cFileName[ MAX_PATH ];
*!*	    TCHAR    cAlternateFileName[ 14 ];
*!*	} WIN32_FIND_DATA;

*!*	typedef struct _FILETIME { // ft  
*!*	    DWORD dwLowDateTime;
*!*	    DWORD dwHighDateTime;
*!*	} FILETIME;

nHandle = FindFirstFile(@lpFileName,@lpFindFileData)
=FindClose(nHandle)
cFilenameInfo = substr(lpFindFileData,45)
cShortName = allt(substr(cFilenameInfo, ;
	at(chr(0),cFilenameInfo,2)-14,14))
? cShortName

For easier access to these plus many other functions visit www.fastwrite.com and check Focus.fll.
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