>Is there a method to return the short DOS name (standard 8char.3char format) for a file or directory? I'm calling an old utility that can't accept long file names and need to convert the WIN95 long file name to the old DOS file name format.

Try:

LPARAMETER cPathToConvert
DECLARE INTEGER GetShortPathName IN Win32API ;
  STRING  @cLongPath, ;
  STRING  @cShortPathBuff, ;
  INTEGER nBuffSize
LOCAL cBuf, nBufSize, nShortSize
cBuf= space(511)
nBufSize = 511
nShortSize = GetShortPathName(cPathToConvert,@cBuf,@nBufSize)
IF nShortSize > 0
	RETURN LEFT(cBuf,nShortSize)
ELSE
	RETURN ''
ENDIF