>>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

Vladimir:

I downloaded your sysinfo.fxp file, however I cannot get to work with my project. When I build the EXE VFP wants to build the sysinfo app and ka-boom it dies.

I did however take your idea to heart and did the following:

DECLARE INTEGER GetShortPathName IN kernel32 AS GSPN;
STRING cLongPath, ;
STRING @ cShortPath,;
INTEGER nsize

cShort = SPACE( 250 )
nSize = GSPN( , @cShortPath, 250 )
cShortPath = LEFT( cShortPath, nSize ) &&truncate the nulls

and then I use the macro of cShortPath along with parameters for the run command.

Thanks for your suggestion.

Bill Wilson