PathCompactPathEx Truncates a path to fit within a certain number of characters by replacing path components with ellipses.
VB4-32,5,6
Declare Function PathCompactPathEx Lib "shlwapi.dll" Alias "PathCompactPathExA" (ByVal pszOut As String, ByVal pszSrc As String, ByVal cchMax As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Long |
Operating Systems Supported |
Requires Windows 2000 (or Windows NT 4.0 with Internet Explorer 4.0 or later); Requires Windows 98 (or Windows 95 with Internet Explorer 4.0 or later) |
- pszOut
[out] Address of the string that has been altered.
- pszSrc
[in] Address of the string to be altered.
- cchMax
[in] Maximum number of characters to be contained in the new string, including the terminating NULL character. For example, if cchMax = 8, the resulting string can contain a maximum of 7 characters plus the NULL terminator.
- dwFlags
Reserved. |
Returns TRUE if successful, or FALSE otherwise |
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