System.AnsiStrings.ExtractShortPathName

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Delphi

function ExtractShortPathName(const FileName: AnsiString): AnsiString;

C++

extern DELPHI_PACKAGE System::AnsiString __fastcall ExtractShortPathName(const System::AnsiString FileName)/* overload */;

Properties

Type Visibility Source Unit Parent
function public
System.AnsiStrings.pas
System.AnsiStrings.hpp
System.AnsiStrings System.AnsiStrings

Description

Convert filename to short form.

ExtractShortPathName converts the given filename to the short form by calling the GetShortPathName Windows function. It returns an empty AnsiString if the file or directory specified does not exist.

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