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GetTempFile - Create a temporary file

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Private Declare Function GetTempFileName Lib "Kernel32" Alias _
  "GetTempFileNameA" (ByVal lpszPath As String, _
  ByVal lpPrefixString As String, ByVal wUnique As Long, _
  ByVal lpTempFileName As String) As Long
Private Declare Function GetTempPath Lib "Kernel32" Alias "GetTempPathA" (ByVal _
  nBufferLength As Long, ByVal lpBuffer As String) As Long

' Creates a temporary (0 byte) file in the \TEMP directory
' and returns its name

Public Function GetTempFile(Optional Prefix As String) As String
  Dim TempFile As String
  Dim TempPath As String
  Const MAX_PATH = 260
  
  ' get the path of the \TEMP directory
  TempPath = Space$(MAX_PATH)
  GetTempPath Len(TempPath), TempPath
  ' trim off characters in excess
  TempPath = Left$(TempPath, InStr(TempPath & vbNullChar, vbNullChar) - 1)
  
  ' get the name of a temporary file in that path, with a given prefix
  TempFile = Space$(MAX_PATH)
  GetTempFileName TempPath, Prefix, 0, TempFile
  GetTempFile = Left$(TempFile, InStr(TempFile & vbNullChar, vbNullChar) - 1)

End Function


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