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pascal
Mar 2nd, 2001, 06:50 AM
Hello,

Does some one could tell me how could i convert a long path name to a short path name (8+3)

For exemple :

C:\MY DOCUMENTS\MY_EXEMPLE.DOC

=> C:\MYDOCU~1\MY_EXE~1.DOC

Thank you for your help.....

Mar 2nd, 2001, 06:59 AM
http://forums.vb-world.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=58328

Mar 2nd, 2001, 02:48 PM
Path = "C:\Windows\Desktop\MyFile.txt"
ShortPath = Right(Path, Len(Path) - InStrRev(Path, "\"))
Print ShortPath