Paul, To expand on Dawn's reply:
Keep in mind that R:BASE creates the $$$ file wherever you have SCRATCH set to put temp files. So, if that is not where you want your file to live, capture the filename and create *your* file of the same name where you want it and delete the original. Set var vfilename = Filename(0) -- creates a unique random filename with $$$ extension DELETE &vfilename SET VAR vfilename = (SRPL(.vfilename,'$$$','TXT',0)) -- replace the $$$ with whatever SET VAR vfilename = (.yourpath + '\' + .vfilename) Emmitt Dove Manager, Converting Applications Development Evergreen Packaging, Inc. [email protected] (203) 214-5683 m (203) 643-8022 o (203) 643-8086 f [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dawn Hast Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:31 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Temp Create File Names I think my previous reply was blocked.... Set var vfilename = Filename(0) -- creates a unique random filename with $$$ extension SET VAR vfilename = (SRPL(.vfilename,'$$$','TXT',0)) -- replace the $$$ with whatever Dawn -------------- Original message from "Paul InterlockInfo" <[email protected]>: -------------- So let’s say I am going to create a output file: Output c:\temp\SomeTxt.txt Write .vVariableWanted Output Screen But I would rather output to some temp file name that is called by ?? So in return I get something like A3ER22545.$$$ and use that file name till I am done. I use ?? to create this scratch file name. Sincerely, Paul Dewey
