Icetips Utilities Documentation 11/21/2010     File Select Class: SetUseShortNames

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This method sets the UseShortFileNames to True.  This instructs SelectFile and SelectFolder/SelectDir to return the short file- or path name.

Example:

FS  ITFileSelectClass

Code

FS.SetDefaultPath(INIMgr.Fetch('UpdateGetFromINI','FS:INIFilename'))

FS.SetUseShortNames             !! Force use of short file/folder names

FS.SelectDir(?Loc:IniFileName)  !! Use the FEQ from an entry field

!! Or:

FS.SelectDir(Loc:IniFileName)   !! Use a variable

INIMgr.Update('UpdateGetFromINI','FS:INIFilename',FS.GetFilePart(Loc:IniFileName,FNS_FullPath))

See also:

SetUseLongNames

SelectFile

SelectFolder

SelectDir

UseShortFileNames