by Emporer (4 Submissions)
Category: Files/File Controls/Input/Output
Compatability: VB 6.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Sat 9th November 2002
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
(1 Votes)
Converts a path and/or a filename into something DOS can read, contains two subs.
API Declarations
The only flaw that I know of is in these are the use of folders with periods in the name, DOS reads those different.
VBcoders
Public Function DosFilename(Filename) As String
Dim ss(1 To 40) As String
st = 1
c = 0
i = 0
Index = 1
Dim spcFound As Boolean
fname = Left(Filename, Len(Filename) - 4)
Fext = Right(Filename, 4)
Do
i = i + 1
c = c + 1
ss(Index) = Mid(fname, st, i)
If (Right(ss(Index), 1) = " ") Then
ss(Index) = Left(ss(Index), Len(ss(Index)) - 1)
st = st + i
i = 0
spcFound = True
Index = Index + 1
End If
If (c >= Len(fname)) Then Exit Do
DoEvents
Loop
fname = ""
For i = 1 To Index
fname = fname & ss(i)
Next i
If (Len(fname) > 8) Or spcFound Then
DosFilename = Left(fname, 6) & "~1" & Fext
Else
DosFilename = Filename
End If
End Function
Public Function DosPath(Path) As String
Dim Dr(1 To 50) As String
Dim SpcFnd As Boolean
D = Left(Path, 3)
K = RTrim(Mid(Path, 4, Len(Path)))
Do While K <> ""
i = i + 1
For n = 1 To Len(K)
s1 = ""
Dr(i) = Dr(i) & Mid(K, n, 1)
If (Right(Dr(i), 1) = "\") Then Exit For
Next n
K = RTrim(Mid(K, n + 1, Len(K)))
If (Right(Dr(i), 1) = "\") Then Dr(i) = Left(Dr(i), Len(Dr(i)) - 1)
If (Len(Dr(i)) > 8) Then
For x = 1 To Len(Dr(i))
s1 = s1 & Mid(Dr(i), x, 1)
If (Right(s1, 1) = " ") Then s1 = Left(s1, Len(s1) - 1)
Next x
Dr(i) = Left(s1, 6) & "~1"
Else
For x = 1 To Len(Dr(i))
s1 = s1 & Mid(Dr(i), x, 1)
If (Right(s1, 1) = " ") Then SpcFnd = True: s1 = Left(s1, Len(s1) - 1)
Next x
If SpcFnd Then
If (Len(s1) > 6) Then
Dr(i) = Left(s1, 6) & "~1"
Else
Dr(i) = s1 & "~1"
End If
End If
End If
If (K = "\") Or (K = "") Then Exit Do
DoEvents
Loop
DosPath = D
For i2 = 1 To i
DosPath = DosPath & Dr(i2) & "\"
Next i2
End Function
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