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PathIsPrefix

Searches a path to determine if it contains a valid prefix of the type passed by pszPrefix. A prefix is one of these types: "C:\\", ".", "..", "..\\".

VB4-32,5,6
Declare Function PathIsPrefix Lib "shlwapi.dll" Alias "PathIsPrefixA" (ByVal pszPrefix As String, ByVal pszPath As String) 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)

Library
Shlwapi

Parameter Information
- pszPrefix
Address of the prefix for which to search.

- pszPath
Address of the path to be searched.

Return Values
Returns TRUE if the compared path is the full prefix for the path, or FALSE otherwise.

Last update: 07 April 2006