Function Reference

FileGetShortName

Returns the 8.3 short path+name of the path+name passed.

FileGetShortName ( "file" [, flag] )

Parameters

file full path and file name to convert
flag [optional] if 1 file can have relative dir, e.g. "..\file.txt"

Return Value

Success: Returns the 8.3 short path+name of the path+name passed.
Failure: Returns the parameter and sets @error to 1.

Remarks

The file need to exist as there is no way to known the exact ~i if several file have the same 8 first characters.

Related

FileGetLongName

Example


Local $sShortName = FileGetShortName(@HomeDrive & "\Program Files")
MsgBox(0, "FileGetShortName", $sShortName) ; Generally this is C:\PROGRA~1.