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MakeSfnLfn()

Many Windows Installer tables contain columns that require a filename to be specified in "8.3|long" file format or if the "long" format is also valid as an 8.3 filename you don't need the "8.3|" bit.

This function can be called to build such a string and takes these parameters:

1. This is the name of a "namespace". A filename must be unique within a name space and this value could be the name of a directory (without path). This routine will not generate the same 8.3 name for a namespace within the span of a build.

2. The file or directory name, if it contains a "|" then this value is returned unchanged by this function, otherwise if the passed value is not a valid 8.3 filename, one is generated and prepended and returned.

All characters in both strings must only contain characters valid in a Windows Long filename (no "\", ":" characters etc).

EXAMPLE

<$Table "Directory">
    <$Row @Where="Directory = 'INSTALLDIR'" @OK='=1' *DefaultDir=^MakeSfnLfn("<$NewProductName>")^>
<$/Table>

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