>Since you're using PUTFILE() (I assumed it was GETFILE()), it's probably because the file name specified doesn't exist. Everthing is correct in the declaration and the call.
>
>I don't think that the PutFile() is the issue at all. I tried this code, which I got from the UT library and it didn't work either. I tried it last night on VFP7 on a Windows 2000 Pro system and then again in my office in VFP6 on a Windows 2000 Pro system. The code can't get any simpler then this. I must be doing something wrong.
>
>DECLARE INTEGER GetShortPathName IN Win32API STRING, STRING, INTEGER
>
>lcLongFile = "c:\program files\somefolder\my file name.doc"
>lcBuffer = SPACE(511)
>lnBufferSize = 511
>lnShortPathLen = GetShortPathName(lcLongFile, @lcBuffer, lnBufferSize)
>
>lcShortPath = LEFT(lcBuffer, lnBufferSize)
>
>MessageBox(lcShortPath,16,[Test])
>
>return
>
>Thanks for any help
>
>DJ :o)

Donald,

The short file name doesn't exist until the file is written to the disk. If the file name doesn't exist yet, there's no short path to return.