ASP ShortName Property
Definition and Usage
The ShortName property is used to specify the short name of the specified file or folder (8.3 file naming convention).
Syntax:
FileObject.ShortName FolderObject.ShortName
An example for 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
An example for 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
