>Hi Bill!
>
>Take a look at my Sysinfo class (right here in UT Files). Among the other,
>this class have the method for obtaining shortname from longname. In short:
>you can use GetShortPathName API call for your stuff
>
>>Without knowing the names ahead of time, do you have a suggestion on how
>I
>>could acquire the 8.3 file name dynamically? It woulds be the solution I
>
>>need.


I just downloaded it and will let you know how things are going.

Thanks,

Bill Wilson