...kurze in lange Dateinamen umwandeln?

uses
  Shellapi;

function GetLongFileName(const FileName: string): string;
var
  SHFileInfo: TSHFileInfo;
begin
  if SHGetFileInfo(PChar(FileName),
                   0,
                   SHFileInfo,
                   SizeOf(SHFileInfo),
                   SHGFI_DISPLAYNAME) <> 0 then
    Result := string(SHFileInfo.szDisplayName)
  else
    Result := FileName;
end;


// Example:

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  Caption := GetLongFileName('C:\Program Files\Delphi6\Lib\BK_STR~1.DPK');
  // --> BK_StringGrid.dpk
end;

// For > Delphi 4 you can use the ExpandFileName() function
// ExpandFileName converts the relative file name into a fully qualified path name.

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