PathCompactPathEx.md

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Function name : PathCompactPathEx

Group: Shell Lightweight Utility APIs -- Path Functions - Library: shlwapi

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Truncates a path to fit within a certain number of characters by replacing path components with ellipses.

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Declaration:

BOOL PathCompactPathEx(
	LPTSTR pszOut,
	LPCTSTR pszSrc,
	UINT cchMax,
	DWORD dwFlags
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER PathCompactPathEx IN shlwapi;
	STRING @pszOut,;
	STRING pszSrc,;
	LONG cchMax,;
	LONG dwFlags
  

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Parameters:

pszOut [out] The address of the string that has been altered.

pszSrc [in] A pointer to a null-terminated string of maximum length MAX_PATH that contains the path to be altered.

cchMax [in] The maximum number of characters to be contained in the new string, including the terminating NULL character.

dwFlags Reserved.

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Return value:

Returns TRUE if successful, or FALSE otherwise.

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Comments:

To me the ellipses look rather like dots.

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