Re: how to convert 8.3 path to longPath

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From: 4N
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 18:28

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what about writing it yourself through the usage of 
findfirst-findnext-findclose?
anyway if you want you can take a look at the code of GetFullPath which is 
fully written down in one of the headers of builder and modify it

"Danny" <danny2912@libero.it> ha scritto nel messaggio 
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> Hi all,
> Please, there is someone who can tell me how obtain the long path for a 
> specific file. Example:
>
> c:\program~1\test.txt    (8.3 format)
> in
> c:\program files\test.txt   (extended format)
>
> I have tried with "::GetFullPathName" but work only on file name. But, I 
> would want to convert also the folders.
>
> I have tried also with "::GetFirstFile" but I don't know how to obtain the 
> folders.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Bye
>
>
>

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