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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Chris Crowe
> Sent: Saturday, 10 April 1999 18:17
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: [DUG]: Getting the long filename from a short one?
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> Does anyone know how to convert short filename back into its long version?
>
> I think I remember there is an API call for it?
That sounds a little strange, a short name cannot be converted into a long
one unless you know what the long name is (in effect).
FindFirst/FindNext will do this: The FindData field in a TSearchRec contains
both the long and short name representations of a filename.
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