>>Hi all,
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>>Is there a way in which i can use short path names instead of long path names throught justpath().
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>In the FAQ there's sample code that will use the Win32 API to convert a long name to a short name under Win32 and Other APIs. Alternbatively, you can use the Scripting.FileSystemObject's File or Folder subobject - both have a short name available as a member property.
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>>That is, assume i have a folder called "FLD Caption" , this in DOS mode, would be "FLDCAP~1"
>>When i go thro justpath() , it shows "FLD CAPTION" and hence it is impossible to try and copy any files from this folder at runtime. This is cause it encounters a space between FLD and CAPTION, it considers it as invalid command.
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>>How do i get around this.
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>>Dinesh

If you put the path between " ", you should have no problem. If you use variables in the copy file command, add " " in the variable too.

This will not work :

dest = "c:\program files\test.txt"
copy file test.txt to &dest

But this will :

dest = '"c:\program files\test.txt"'
copy file test.txt to &dest

Remember you can use [ ], ' ' or " " as string start and end symbols.

Marc