I am working with VB5-SP3 on Windows 95 and trying to open a FTP session
to a  OpenVMS system running UCX 4.1 ECO 9. I keep getting stuck at the
Open.URL step.

I receive no errors and no sign that the remote host ever opened when I
monitor the remote server. I believe it is from the version number
suffix after the file extender.  ie: filename.ext;3.

Subsequently I have tried using the API call GetShortPathName from the
kernel32.dll following the example from Microsoft Article ID: Q175512
and the result is the long file name is displayed, but the short file
name is not. Watch shows that the call to the kernel32.dll was never
utilized. I have looked in win32api.txt (dated 1994) and the syntax
appears correct. I really need an idea where to go next. I am trying to
avoid scripts.