by Anonymous (267 Submissions)
Category: Files/File Controls/Input/Output
Compatability: Visual Basic 4.0 (32-bit)
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Sun 12th April 1998
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
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Get a short file name by converting to 8.3 compliant file.
API Declarations
Private Declare Function apiGetShortPathName Lib "Kernel32" Alias "GetShortPathNameA" (ByVal lpszLongPath As String, ByVal lpszShortPath As String, ByVal cchBuffer As Long) As Long
VBcoders
Dim strReturnedShortFilename As String
'initialize temporary string
strShortFilename = String$(1000, " ")
'create short filename
apiGetShortPathName strLongFilename, strShortFilename, 1000
'short filename
strReturnedShortFilename = Left$(strShortFilename, Len(Trim$(strShortFilename)) - 1)
