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GetShortPathName
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Retrieves the short path form of a specified input path |
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DWORD GetShortPathName(
LPCTSTR lpszLongPath, // null-terminated path string
LPTSTR lpszShortPath, // short form buffer
DWORD cchBuffer // size of short form buffer
);
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DECLARE INTEGER GetShortPathName IN kernel32;
STRING lpszLongPath,;
STRING @ lpszShortPath,;
INTEGER cchBuffer
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lpszLongPath
[in] Pointer to a null-terminated path string
lpszShortPath
[out] Pointer to a buffer to receive the null-terminated short form of the path specified by lpszLongPath
cchBuffer
[in] Specifies the size, in TCHARs, of the buffer pointed to by lpszShortPath |
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| If the function succeeds, the return value is the length of the string copied to lpszShortPath |
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FUNCTION GetShort(lcName)
LOCAL lcBuffer, lnResult
cBuffer = Repli(Chr(0), 512)
nResult = GetShortPathName(lcName,;
@lcBuffer, Len(lcBuffer))
RETURN IIF(lnResult=0, "error #" +;
LTRIM(STR(GetLastError())),;
Left(lcBuffer, lnResult))
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The short path means the 8.3 compliant path/filename.
See also: PathGetShortPath, GetLongPathName, GetFullPathName |
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| Created: | 2001-07-19 12:00:00 | | Modified: | 2010-05-26 12:15:47 |
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Converting long file names to the short format and vice versa 