Bruce H. Johnson
bhj at wrkblslns.com
Mon Apr 2 09:44:47 CDT 2012
The Windows API has a "conversion". See http://www.mvps.org/access/api/api0020.htm -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 7:34 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Short Filenames How does one determine the short filename (i.e. "D:\PROGRA~1\xxx\bin\my.exe" for a long filename such as "D:\Program Files (x86)\xxx\bin\my.exe"? On D:\ there is also D:\Program Files; whose short name is as above. Does this make the x86 directory ~2? -- Arthur Cell: 647.710.1314 Prediction is difficult, especially of the future. -- Niels Bohr _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com