>Thanks, Ed, for this routine. I had occassion to need it today, and it's perfect.
>
>>

>>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
>>

Thanks. it's mazing at how many things are really pretty easy once you play around with the Win32 API a bit!