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mainlin...@sprynet.com

Delphi Developer
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

Getting "long" file names

c > I was wandering if there is a way of getting long names
c > using some procedure like findfirst/next.
c > Maybe some units to do so.
c >
c > ps. If somebody know where are those "long" file names
c > stored? There must be a way to access them. Dos DIR
c > procedure gives short and long names.
    Look up the FindFirstFile Function, its the 32-bit equivilent to
    FindFirst....

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Frederi

Delphi Developer
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

Re:Getting "long" file names


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mainlin...@sprynet.com wrote:

> c > I was wandering if there is a way of getting long names
> c > using some procedure like findfirst/next.
> c > Maybe some units to do so.
> c >
> c > ps. If somebody know where are those "long" file names
> c > stored? There must be a way to access them. Dos DIR
> c > procedure gives short and long names.
>     Look up the FindFirstFile Function, its the 32-bit equivilent to
>     FindFirst....

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I can send you a unit retrieving the long name of a given short
file name.
If you are interested, send email to Ain...@aol.com, NOT to
the account in the header of this message.
coldbo

Delphi Developer
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

Re:Getting "long" file names


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On Mon, 05 Oct 1998 03:45:18 -0400, mainlin...@sprynet.com wrote:
>    Look up the FindFirstFile Function, its the 32-bit equivilent to
>    FindFirst....

But the program still needs to run in a DOS shell under windows 95/98,
right? (please prove me wrong)

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