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WORD LFNVolumeType(iDrive, lpwType)
WORD iDrive;
LPINT lpwType;
 
The LFNVolumeType function specifies whether a given volume supports MS-DOS
standard filenaming conventions or long filenames.
 
Parameter  Description
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iDrive     Specifies a one-based drive number. The parameter is 1 for drive
           A, 2 for drive B, and so on.
 
lpwType    Points to a 16-bit variable that receives the volume type. The
           type can be one of the following values.
 
           Value             Meaning
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           VOLUME_STANDARD   MS-DOS standard filenaming conventions volume.
                             8 characters for the filename, and 3 for the
                             extension.
 
           VOLUME_LONGNAMES  Long-filename volumes.
 
Return Value
 
The return value is zero if successful. Otherwise, it returns a nonzero
value.
 
Comments
 
The export ordinal for this function is 113.
 
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