Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition ShortName Property | Language Reference Version 3

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##### Description

> Returns the short name used by programs that require the earlier 8.3 naming convention.

##### Syntax

> object.ShortName

> The object is always a File or Folder object.

##### Remarks

> The following code illustrates the use of the ShortName property with a File object:

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

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