Function name: PathCommonPrefix

Defined in : shlwapi

Requirements : Windows 2000 (or Windows NT 4.0 with Internet Explorer 4.0 or later); Windows 98 (or Windows 95 with Internet Explorer 4.0 or later)

Declaration:

Declare Function PathCommonPrefix Lib "shlwapi.dll" Alias "PathCommonPrefixA" (ByVal pszFile1 As String, ByVal pszFile2 As String, ByVal achPath As String) As Long

Parameters:

* pszFile1 [in] Address of the first path name. * pszFile2 [in] Address of the second path name. * pszPath [out] Address of a buffer that receives the common prefix. If there is no common prefix, it will be set to NULL.

Returns:

Returns the count of common prefix characters in the path. If the output buffer pointer is not NULL, then these characters are copied to the output buffer.

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