[python-win32] Try to got short path for files - but goterror...

John Machin sjmachin at lexicon.net
Thu May 25 12:27:40 CEST 2006


On 25/05/2006 8:12 PM, Metz, Bobby W, WWCS wrote:
> Mark,
> 	Thanks for that.  I didn't read an earlier entry from the
> submitter close enough.  Someone else had told them that
> GetShortPathName wasn't supported but I didn't pay attention to the W at
> the end...could have saved myself a couple of posts if I had.  I'll
> chalk my "lack of clear direction" up to this as well...I was excluding
> GetShortPathName in my search due to comment below.
> 
>>>     Looks like you need a GetShortPathNameW() but it's not
> implemented.
>>>     Raise it as an issue on the pywin32 sourceforge bug register.
>>>     Tell Mark
>>>     I sent you :-)
> 

Oh boy am I glad that's been sorted out. It was in danger of becoming 
"Hysterically Confused Thread of the Month" :-)

Cheers,
"Someone else"




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