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PathAddExtension

Adds a file extension to a path string.

VB4-32,5,6
Declare Function PathAddExtension Lib "shlwapi.dll" Alias "PathAddExtensionA" (ByVal pszPath As String, ByVal pszExt As String) As Long

Operating Systems Supported
Requires Windows 2000 (or Windows NT 4.0 with Internet Explorer 4.0 or later); Requires Windows 98 (or Windows 95 with Internet Explorer 4

Library
Shlwapi

Parameter Information
- pszPath
[in/out] Pointer to a buffer with the NULL-terminated string to which the file extension will be appended. The size of this buffer should be set to MAX_PATH to ensure that it is large enough to hold the returned string.

- pszExtension
[in] Pointer to the string that contains the file extension.

Return Values
Returns TRUE if an extension was added, or FALSE otherwise.

Last update: 07 April 2006