At 10/22/2000 06:29, you wrote:

Dear Andy,

Despite several different methods of writing it, it only returns the long filename again when using the GetShortName function.

This GetShortName is a FreePascal library routine, is it not? I only found a reference to it in a compiled DOS unit in my installation. The original Win32 API function is called GetShortPathName and it works for me all right. As a general rule, you should use the Win32 functions directly if you don't need portability or some extended features an additional library would add.

Üdvözlettel,

   Deák Jahn Gábor

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