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Im trying to expand a short directory path to a long one as used by windows eg:
c:\docume~1\myfold~1\mydocu~1\myrece~1
converted into:
c:\documents and settings\my folder settings\my documents\my received files
but im struggling :(
Ive been trying the DIR command but when i apply it to the short string above all it returns is 'my received files' so i lose the drive and path up to it. Anyone else know how to do this without using the API?
Thanks
Can't you run the DIR func. on all the paths leading to the path you want, and then combine it in the end ? shouldn't be that hard ...
Yes i can and thats the very thing i was going to do if no-one came up with a simpler solution. No point writing a loop if it can be done with a simple vb command. thanks for that answer tho, its confirmed what i thought :)
No problem, I don't think there's a vb function for it ... But if you have to run a loop it isn't big and won't take much system power anyway =)
Indeedee, just thought it was odd that windows uses long filenames everywhere and its only DOS that uses short ones. The registry is part of Windows not DOS so think its stupid that it uses the shortname not the long one.
If youre using XP it might be some crappy leftovers from the 16bit system(9x), hehe, VB6 is actually a crappy 16bit leftover :cool: