I wonder why it wasn't named 'GETSHORTY()' :o) ? *G*


>>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