On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 20:21:02 -0700, Engineerik wrote:
The filesystemobject file object had a shortname property which was the
filename in 8.3 format. I have not been able to locate in system.io an
equivalent property. Is there an equivalent in system.io or do I need to
stick with the filesystemobject in order to have access to this property?
I don't know of anyway - except via P/Invoke to the GetShortPathName api...
Here is a simplfied example:
Option Strict On
Option Explicit On
Imports System
Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "
Public Sub New()
MyBase.New()
'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
InitializeComponent()
'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call
End Sub
'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
If disposing Then
If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
components.Dispose()
End If
End If
MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
End Sub
'Required by the Windows Form Designer
Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer
'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.
'Do not modify it using the code editor.
Friend WithEvents TextBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
<System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub
InitializeComponent()
Me.TextBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
Me.SuspendLayout()
'
'TextBox1
'
Me.TextBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(0, 0)
Me.TextBox1.Name = "TextBox1"
Me.TextBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(288, 20)
Me.TextBox1.TabIndex = 0
Me.TextBox1.Text = "TextBox1"
'
'Form1
'
Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 266)
Me.Controls.Add(Me.TextBox1)
Me.Name = "Form1"
Me.Text = "Form1"
Me.ResumeLayout(False)
End Sub
#End Region
Private Const MAX_PATH As Integer = 260
Private Declare Auto Function GetShortPathName Lib "kernel32" ( _
ByVal lpszLongPath As String, _
ByVal lpszShortPath As System.Text.StringBuilder, _
ByVal cchBuffer As Integer) As Integer
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim path As String =
Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolde r.Personal)
Dim buffer As New System.Text.StringBuilder(MAX_PATH)
GetShortPathName(path, buffer, buffer.Capacity)
TextBox1.Text = buffer.ToString()
End Sub
End Class
--
Tom Shelton [MVP]
