ASP ShortName Property
Complete File Object Reference
The ShortName property is used to return the short name of a specified file or folder (the 8.3 naming convention).
Syntax
FileObject.ShortName
FolderObject.ShortName
Example for the File object
<%
dim fs,f
set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set f=fs.GetFile("c:\hitcounterfile.txt"))
Response.Write("Name: " & f.Name)
Response.Write("<br>ShortName: " & f.ShortName)
set f=nothing
set fs=nothing
%>
Output:
Name: hitcounterfile.txt
ShortName: HITCOU~1.TXT
Example for the Folder object
<%
dim fs,fo
set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set fo=fs.GetFolder("c:\asp_test_web")
Response.Write("Name: " & fo.Name)
Response.Write("<br>ShortName: " & fo.ShortName)
set fo=nothing
set fs=nothing
%>
Output:
Name: asp_test_web
ShortName: ASP_TE~1
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