Re: Again: Temp user directory

From: AlanGLLoyd (alanglloyd_at_aol.com)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: 30 Sep 2004 11:47:04 GMT

In article <415bc50c$0$78753$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>, "Tom de Neef"
<tdeneef@qolor.nl> writes:

>There remains an esthetic issue: its result is in the truncated format (eg
>"C:\DOCUME~1\TOMDEN~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\").
>A bit awkward to use in explanation to a user.
>Would there be a way of getting the unabridged path name ?
>And more generally: where do I start searching for the answer if I can not
>get it from you? I find Help not very helpful in this respect.
>

If you're using Win 98 or Win 2000 you can use the GetLonPathName API ...

function GetLongPathName(lpszShortPath, lpTStr : PChar;
                         cchBuffer : integer) : integer; stdcall;
                         external 'kernel32.dll' name 'GetLongPathNameA';

function GetLongPN(ShortPN : string) : string;
var
  ResLen : integer;
begin
  ResLen := MAX_PATH;
  SetLength(Result, ResLen);
  ResLen := GetLongPathName(PChar(ShortPN), PChar(Result), ResLen);
  SetLength(Result, ResLen);
end;

Alan Lloyd
alanglloyd@aol.com

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