Subj : [VP] Long filenames -> 8.3
To   : Oleg V. Kuzmin
From : Thomas W. Mueller
Date : Fri Apr 13 2001 02:29 pm

Hello Oleg.

07 Apr 01 23:59, you wrote to me:

 OK>>> Here is the problem in Virtual Pascal [Win32]. I find a file
 OK>>> with FindFirst (FindNext) procedure and now I want to get short
 OK>>> DOS name (8.3) of this file.
 TWM>> There is a windows api function for getting the short file name
 TWM>> for an existing(!) file.
 OK> Ofcource it's existing file. I found it with FindFirst/FindNext
 OK> procedures.

 OK> Oh, could you point on something helpful then? I searched through all
 OK> the VP's help, but found nothing interesting... ;(
The VP help does not include the Windows API because there are lots of sources 
for that and it is copyrighted material which would just have driven up the 
cost for VP.

If you search the MSDN (at www.microsoft.com) for "short filename" I am sure 
you will find what you are looking for.

Thomas

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