>a) Are there any routines to convert the short filenames (such as Foxis~1.doc) to the long file filenames (such as FoxisNOTDying.doc)? The MS KB talked about the dir() command in VB but I saw no mention in VFP.
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>b) Is there any way of getting long filenames into FPW26a? I seem to just need some replacement for GetFile(). [OK, this part is a FPW26a question].
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>Any help or direction would be helpful.
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>Kevin

Hi Kevin,

I don't believe that FPW has the capacity to deal with long file names. Remember, it's a 16 bit application and as such has no clue that such things as long file names even exist.

Sorry,