How to change LongName path to shortName path?

[richard-service]

Hi All,

Ex. c:\progam files\aaa" --> c:\program~1\aaa

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Try:

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Lfn2Sfn()

EMG

[richard-service]

Try:

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Lfn2Sfn()

EMG

Hi EMG,

Thanks. I will try it.
But I got Empty.

Ex.
Lfn2Sfn( curdir() )

OS: XP

[Antonio Linares]

Richard,

Is CurDir() returning a long filename ?

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

The following sample works fine here:

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#include "Fivewin.ch"


FUNCTION MAIN()

    MEMOWRIT( "This is a long name", "Test" )

    ? LFN2SFN( "This is a long name" )

    RETURN NIL

EMG

[richard-service]

Richard,

Is CurDir() returning a long filename ?

Yes, c:\program files

[richard-service]

The following sample works fine here:

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#include "Fivewin.ch"


FUNCTION MAIN()

    MEMOWRIT( "This is a long name", "Test" )

    ? LFN2SFN( "This is a long name" )

    RETURN NIL

EMG

? LFN2SFN( "This is a long name" ) --> Empty

Test FWH801

[Antonio Linares]

Richard,

You need to have a file or a folder with that name in order to get LFN2SFN() working.

It is a Windows API requirement.

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

? LFN2SFN( "This is a long name" ) --> Empty

Test FWH801

Are you using my sample without changes? If yes, do you want my EXE to test there? I'm using latest FWH.

EMG

[Antonio Linares]

Enrico,

You example works fine because you are previously creating a longname file.

If Silvio does not create it, as he should do, then the Windows API will not work