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Using Windows API function MoveFile to check if a filename is valid…  – via Stack Overflow

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/10/17

This has a really neat Windows API trick [WayBack] delphi – How can I sanitize a string for use as a filename? – Stack Overflow by [WayBack] Alex.

Via: [WayBack] Interesting use of MoveFile, with NIL as the first parameter. https://stackoverflow.com/a/961500/49925 – Thomas Mueller (dummzeuch) – Google+

  function IsValidFilePath(const FileName: String): Boolean;
  var
    S: String;
    I: Integer;
  begin
    Result := False;
    S := FileName;
    repeat
      I := LastDelimiter('\/', S);
      MoveFile(nil, PChar(S));
      if (GetLastError = ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS) or
         (
           (GetFileAttributes(PChar(Copy(S, I + 1, MaxInt))) = INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES)
           and
           (GetLastError=ERROR_INVALID_NAME)
         ) then
        Exit;
      if I>0 then
        S := Copy(S,1,I-1);
    until I = 0;
    Result := True;
  end;

–jeroen

This entry was posted on 2018/10/17 at 06:00 and is filed under Delphi, Development, Software Development, Windows Development. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “Using Windows API function MoveFile to check if a filename is valid…  – via Stack Overflow”

  1. Remy Lebeau's avatar

    Remy said

    2018/10/22 at 21:12

    Using nil as the first parameter of MoveFile() is undocumented behavior.

    Reply
  2. Mike's avatar

    Mike said

    2018/10/17 at 13:58

    this is not thread save

    Reply

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