• Short name of the file or directory. Only the short name of the file or directory is returned.
• Empty string ("") if an error occurred (file or directory not found). To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo with the errMessage constant.

Name and full (or relative) path of the file or directory (up to 260 characters). A UNC path can be used.

Versions 15 and later

This parameter can be in Ansi or Unicode format.

New in version 15

This parameter can be in Ansi or Unicode format.

This parameter can be in Ansi or Unicode format.

Versions 15 and later
Used to specify the format of function result. By default, fShortName returns a character string in Ansi format.

fPathUNICODE	<Result> will be a character string in Unicode format.

Remark: The result of fShortName is always an ANSI character string, the fPathUNICODE constant is only used to store the result in a Unicode character string.

New in version 15
Used to specify the format of function result. By default, fShortName returns a character string in Ansi format.

fPathUNICODE	<Result> will be a character string in Unicode format.

Remark: The result of fShortName is always an ANSI character string, the fPathUNICODE constant is only used to store the result in a Unicode character string.

Used to specify the format of function result. By default, fShortName returns a character string in Ansi format.

fPathUNICODE	<Result> will be a character string in Unicode format.

Remark: The result of fShortName is always an ANSI character string, the fPathUNICODE constant is only used to store the result in a Unicode character string.