The ShortName property returns the short name used by programs that require the earlier 8.3 naming convention.
<html> <body> <script language="JScript"> <!-- function get() { var myObject, f; myObject = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject"); f = myObject.GetFile("c:\\yourfolder\\test.txt"); alert("The file ShortName is: " + f.ShortName); } //--> </script> <form name="myForm"> <input type="Button" value="Get Shortname" onClick='get()'> </form> </body> </html>