VBS Tutorial: Property-shortname Properties _vbs

ShortName Property

Returns the name of a short file that was converted according to the earlier 8.3 filename conventions.

object.ShortName

Object should be the name of the File or Folder object.

Description

The following code provides an example of how to use the shortname property:

Function ShowShortName(filespec)    Dim fso, f, s    Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")    Set f = fso.GetFile(filespec)    s = UCase(f.Name) & "<BR>"The short article name "        s = s & " is:f.ShortName  End Function