>I'm using Getfile() and getting the long windows file name. Is there any function or a way to get the DOS 8.3 short file name given it's full long file name?
>

You can use the WIndows API function GetShortPathName() as follows:

DECLARE INTEGER GetShortPathName IN WIN32API ;
   STRING @ lpszLongPath, ;
   STRING @ lpszShortPath, ;
   INTEGER cchBuffer

cShortFormBuffer = REPL(CHR(0),512)
nLenShortName = GetShortPathName('MyLongPathName',@cShortFormBuffer,511) 
IF nLenShortName # 0
   cShortName = LEFT(cShortFormBuffer,nLenShortName)
ELSE
   * Call GetLastError() for error code
ENDIF

Or you can use the Scripting.FileSystemObject from the WSH:

oFSO = CREATEOBJ('Scripting.FileSystemObject')
oFile = oFSO.GetFile('MyLongFileName')
? oFile.ShortName
? oFile.ShortPath