How to get the short (DOS) version of a long filename?

[Matt Philmon]

Could someone tell me how to get the short filename from a long filename using VB.NET? In VB you'd have to pull it from the kernel but for one thing I can't seem to get that to work and secondly, I'd prefer to use the proper .NET class/namespace for it if it's available. Thanks, Matt

[iluha]

I don't know how to do this, but make sure that windows does create short name for it. on 2000 and xp it is turned off by default. an there is no short names for the files. Die DOS die ...:)