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Hi.

I have a long filename and am trying to get the appropriate shortfilename. I
have looked at the FileSystemObject but there doesn't seem to be anything
there.

Any help would be most appreciated.

thanks,

Matt.
Mar 9 '06 #1
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"matthew ware" <ma*********@email.com> schrieb
Hi.

I have a long filename and am trying to get the appropriate
shortfilename. I have looked at the FileSystemObject but there
doesn't seem to be anything there.

Any help would be most appreciated.

A link, stolen from Herfried:
http://groups.google.de/group/micros...2c563376d532db

Armin

Mar 9 '06 #2

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