[vtkusers] Problem reading a vtk-file with vtkStructuredGridReader

[Thomas Obenaus]

mirko heuegger wrote:
> Hello!
>
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Thomas Obenaus wrote:
>   
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>> Sorry but I had no success. Following the instructions of the wiki-article
>> the filename D:\wör\bf.vtk should be converted to D:\W_R\BF.VTK (all unknown
>> characters replaced by an underscore).
>>     
>
> i think you misunderstood something.
>
> All file/directory-paths that contains special characters should be
> accessed by using their (dos) 8.3 name.
>
> you may view this name by using the (dos) command DIR <file/dir-name> /X
> e.g: 'wör', in  8.3 notation is 'WRBFDA~1'  (on my computer).
>
> getting this 8.3 name should be possible  (sorry, i'm not a c++ coder)
> over the WinAPI 'GetShortPathNameA' call.
>
> hth mirko
>   
Ok thank you. It works. But do you know how to get a 8.3 name out of 
java. Is there already a method to convert a filename to 8.3 or do I 
have to call the GetShortPathNameA-function through JNI?

Thomas.