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Retreiving Short 8 Byte Folder Names From Long Folder Names

Subject:	Retreiving Short 8 Byte Folder Names From Long Folder Names
Posted by:	"Jim Fitzgerald" (nospam@nospam.com)
Date:	Sat, 1 Oct 2005 13:25:31 -0400

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Hello:

How can I obtain the short (8 byte) folder/directory name from the
longer version. For example, I'd like to get the C:\PROGRA~1 from a
longer C:\Program Files folder/directory name.

Thanks;

Jim Fitzgerald, EHSI

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Re: Retreiving Short 8 Byte Folder Names From Long Folder Names posted by Rob Kennedy on Sat, 01 Oct 2005