Bruce, Thank you very much. This is just what I needed. I will have DP number the output files sequentially and since the filename I want is tagged within the file I'll create a batch file with Dataperfect ED editor using macros paring the sequential number followed by the name extracted from the file. It's an easy workaround the 8.3 hurdle.
I have just even thought that while I run the original report I'll include a couple of lines to open a batch file to collect the filename number and the actual name preceded by the move command. The only problem I see here is that everytime I write a number-name pair to this .bat file MS-DOS will warn me that the file already exists and whether I want to proceed. Do you know if there's a way to silence this prompt from the system and just go ahead and append. Thanks again for the trick. Tony -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Bruce Conrad Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 7:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Dataperf] Filename character length Hi Tony, I do this thing quite often, using a little trick. Since DP can only create files with 8.3 names, I use names selected in a particular way, based in some abbreviated way on the actual desired filename. Then, in a separate DP report, I create a DEPLOY.BAT batch file consisting of commands like the following: MOVE ACID1.HTM SortAscendingChannelIDPage1.html MOVE ACID2.HTM SortAscendingChannelIDPage2.html ... MOVE DM2.HTM SortDescendingMonikerPage2.html Then, after running the report which creates all of 8.3 named files, I exit DP and run the DEPLOY.BAT program to rename the files to the desired names. Hope this technique helps. Best wishes, Bruce On Jun 16, 2009, at 3:46 AM, Tony wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm using the "Open filename in RV" report option and I need to be > able to > write filenames longer that the 8 character-long + 3 character > extension > constraint set by MS-DOS. > > Does anybody know of a way to circumvent this limitation? > > Thanks in advance. > > Tony > http://eubd1.ugr.es > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
