Title: Get Long File Name
Question: Get the corresponing long file name (LFN) if you only have a short one.
Works on Win 9x and NT/2000.
Answer:
function GetLongPathName(const ShortName : string) : string;
var
pcBuffer: PChar;
iHandle, iLen : Integer;
GetLongPathName: function (ShortPathName: PChar; LongPathName: PChar;
cchBuffer: Integer): Integer stdcall;
begin
Result := ShortName;
iHandle := GetModuleHandle('kernel32.dll');
if (iHandle 0) then begin
@GetLongPathName := GetProcAddress(iHandle, 'GetLongPathNameA');
if Assigned(GetLongPathName) then begin
pcBuffer := StrAlloc(MAX_PATH + 1);
iLen := GetLongPathName(PChar(ShortName), pcBuffer, MAX_PATH);
// if result = 0 : conversion failed
// if result MAX_PATH == conversion failed, buffer not large enough
if (iLen 0) and (iLen Result := StrPas(pcBuffer);
end; // if (iLen StrDispose(pcBuffer);
end; // if Assigned(GetLongPathName) then
FreeLibrary(iHandle);
end; // if (iHandle 0) then
end;