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Long Filename to short filename~
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From
05/11/1998 03:36:56
Cetin Basoz
Engineerica Inc.
Izmir, Turkey
 
 
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05/11/1998 03:23:00
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00154708
Message ID:
00154711
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17
>Hi,
>
>I like to know how do we change the long path name and filename obtain from the GETFILE() into the DOS short form name ? I had problem opening the file in folder with long name like
>
>From
>
> USE C:\My Installation\Report
>
>TO
>
> USE C:\Myinst~1\Report
>
>
>
>Any help or advise is very much appreciated. Thank you.
Hi,
Although you could convert using winAPI, you don't need to, just include the name in quotes :
USE "C:\My Installation\Report"
Cetin
Çetin Basöz

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