SysUtils.ExtractShortPathName Function

Converts a file name to the short 8.3 form.

Pascal

function ExtractShortPathName(const FileName: string): string; overload;

C++

AnsiString ExtractShortPathName(const AnsiString FileName);

File

SysUtils

Description

ExtractShortPathName converts the file name, FileName, to the short 8.3 form. ExtractShortPathName returns an empty string if the file or directory does not exist.

The first parameter, FileName, can be a full path name. For example, ExtractShortPathName would convert the full path name:

C:\Program Files\MyCompany\MyApp\MyApp.exe

to the short form:

C:\Progra~1\MyComp~1\MyApp\MyApp.exe

Note: ExtractShortPathName is only available on Windows.