.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: MakeFullPath

.. _makefullpath:

MakeFullPath
============

.. us.tag  MakeFullPath ENGLISH New310 FILE_MISC

:ref:`MakeFullPath` creates a path name with backslashes (``\``). The function
will complete a relative path.

.. function::  ssReturnFileName = MakeFullPath(ssFilename)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*ssReturnFileName* is a file name where the elements are separated with
backslashes.

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: ssFilename

   *ssFilename* is a file name where the elements are separated by slashes or
   backslashes.

.. us.comment

**Comment**

The function can be used to create filenames that are necessary to pass over the
COM interface.

The :ref:`path_normalize` function only replaces the slash by a backslash.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-files`,
   :ref:`DeCompressFile`,
   :ref:`GetUNCPath`,
   :ref:`FS_GetFileSystemList`,
   :ref:`path_normalize`

:sub:`id-1997262`