Razzak:
Thank you for the speedy reply, ...but the operator can/will be selecting
from several different directories.
Thank again.
Jim
At 12:48 AM 9/2/05 -0400, you wrote:
>
>At 09:15 PM 9/1/2005, Jim Schmitt wrote:
>
>>I have been using the LOADFILENAME Plugin (work great, by the way),
>>and I have a need to separate the name of the file selected (which
>>is the last part of the string), and the file path first part of
>>string. I.e. I have a string returned such as:
>>'C:\OLTP\ACH\ACHITEMS\CONTRACT.DOC'. I need to split the last file
>>name (CONTRACT.DOC) in a var, and also to separate the path:
>>(C\OLTP\ACH\ACHITMES) into another var. I know I could go char by
>>char from right to left and split the two apart. I wondered if
>>someone had a more elegant way to split the items.
>
>
>Jim,
>
>Here's one way to achieve your goal to retrieve the name of selected
>document as well as the name of directory, as in your example above.
>
>Use the LoadFileName.RBL Plugin along with (CVAL('CURRDIR')) function.
>
>Example:
>
>-- Start
>CLEAR VAR vFileName, vDirName
>SET VAR vFileName TEXT = NULL
>SET VAR vDirName TEXT = NULL
>CLS
>PLUGINS LoadFileName.RBL 'vFileName +
>|FULLPATH OFF +
>|TITLE Select Document +
>|VIEW_MODE LIST +
>|FILTER MS Word Document Files (*.doc)#*.DOC'
>SET VAR vDirName TEXT = (CVAL('CURRDIR'))
>RETURN
>-- End
>
>Both variables (vFileName and vDirName) will return the document
>name and directory name accordingly.
>
>Hope that helps!
>
>Very Best R:egards,
>
>Razzak.
>
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