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How to get the short name of the path name
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Title: How to get the short name of the path name
Question: How to get the short name of the path name ? Example:
c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared in DOS format
is: C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\MICROS~1
Answer:
function ShortDir(Dir: String): String;
var
SearchRec : TSearchRec;
Ok : Integer;
Ind : Integer;
Name : String;
TmpDir : String;
DirDst : String;
begin
if Copy(Dir, Length(Dir), 1) = '\' then
Dir := Copy(Dir, 1, Length(Dir)-1);
TmpDir := Dir;
while Length(TmpDir) 3 do begin
Ok := FindFirst(TmpDir, faDirectory, SearchRec);
FindClose(SearchRec);
if Ok = 0 then begin
if SearchRec.FindData.cAlternateFileName[0] = #0 then begin
Name := SearchRec.Name;
end else begin
Ind := 0;
Name := '';
while Ind if (SearchRec.FindData.cAlternateFileName[Ind] = #0) then
Ind := 14
else
Name := Name +
SearchRec.FindData.cAlternateFileName[Ind];
Inc(Ind);
end;
end;
DirDst := Name + '\' + DirDst;
end;
TmpDir := ExtractFileDir(TmpDir);
end;
DirDst := TmpDir + DirDst;
if Copy(DirDst, Length(DirDst), 1) = '\' then
DirDst := Copy(DirDst, 1, Length(DirDst)-1);
Result := DirDst;
end;
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