ShortName Property

Microsoft Office JScript

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Microsoft® JScript® ShortName Property  Scripting Run-Time Reference 
Version 3 

See Also                  Applies To

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)
{
    var fso, f, s;
    fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
    f = fso.GetFile(filespec);
    s = "The short name for " + "" + f.Name;
    s += "" + "<br>";
    s += "is: " + "" + f.ShortName + "";
    return(s);
}
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