Dos Directory Format

What is the name of the API to conert a path to dos format (C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1\ect.). Or if its not a API is there a easy way to do it?

[Clunietp]

There is probably an API to do it, but here is some code I whipped up (VB6 only for JOIN/SPLIT functions):

    Dim str As String
    Dim strNew As String
    Dim tmpArray() As String
    Dim i As Integer
    
    str = "C:\Program Files\Common Files\System"
    
    tmpArray = Split(str, "\")
    
    For i = LBound(tmpArray) To UBound(tmpArray)
        If Len(tmpArray(i)) > 8 Then
            tmpArray(i) = Left(tmpArray(i), 6) & "~1"
        End If
    Next i
    
    strNew = Join(tmpArray, "\")
    
    MsgBox strNew

This would not be reliable if there were two similar directory names, in DOS one would be ~1, the next would be ~2, etc. but the chance of that is usually pretty slim....

Tom