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PathCompactPathEx (shlwapi)
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C# Signature:
[DllImport("shlwapi.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto)]
static extern bool PathCompactPathEx([Out] StringBuilder pszOut, string szPath, int cchMax, int dwFlags);
VB.NET Signature:
''' <summary>
''' Truncates a path to fit within a certain number of characters by replacing path components with ellipses.
''' </summary>
''' <param name="pszOut">The address of the string that has been altered.</param>
''' <param name="pszSrc">A pointer to a null-terminated string of length MAX_PATH that contains the path to be altered.</param>
''' <param name="cchMax">
''' The 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 terminating null character.
''' </param>
''' <param name="reserved">Reserved</param>
''' <returns>Returns TRUE if successful, or FALSE otherwise.</returns>
<DllImport("shlwapi.dll", EntryPoint:="PathCompactPathExW", SetLastError:=True, CharSet:=CharSet.Unicode)> _
Shared Function PathCompactPathEx(
<MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)> pszOut As System.Text.StringBuilder,
<MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)> pszSrc As String,
cchMax As UInteger,
reserved As Integer
) As <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)> Boolean
End Function
VB Signature:
Public Declare Function PathCompactPathEx Lib "shlwapi" Alias "PathCompactPathExA" _
(ByVal pszOut As String, _
ByVal pszSrc As String, _
ByVal cchMax As Long, _
ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Long
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Text;
namespace CompactPathCmd
{
/// <summary>
/// Test code for PathCompactPathEx
/// </summary>
class Program
{
/// <summary>
/// The main entry point for the application.
/// </summary>
[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string longPath = "c:\\a\\very\\very\\long\\path\\that\\needs\\to\\be\\shortened\\by\\calling\\the\\PathCompactpathEx";
int length = 40;
[DllImport("shlwapi.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto)]
static extern bool PathCompactPathEx([Out] StringBuilder pszOut, string szPath, int cchMax, int dwFlags);
public static string CompactPath(string longPathName, int wantedLength)
{
// NOTE: You need to create the builder with the required capacity before calling function.
// See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446536.aspx
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(wantedLength + 1);
PathCompactPathEx(sb, longPathName, wantedLength + 1, 0);
return sb.ToString();
}
Truncates a path to fit within a certain number of characters by replacing path components with ellipses.
5/13/2015 10:24:05 AM - -92.124.113.170
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