The message I pointed you shows how to get a short file name from the long one using GetShortPathName Windows API. If it's not what you want that you didn't explain clearly what you're looking for.

>Thanks for your help, but I must be dense. I don't understand, how does this help me?
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>I am trying to get the short name for the file. Once I have the name, I will am using it to copy the long file name to the short file name. This file with the short file name is what gets placed on the server.
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>>You can use GetShortPathName
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