Thank you Emmitt, Dawn and Claudine
That was exactly what I was looking for. In this multi-user world and the possibility of the same form/eep running I did not want the same static file name being used in the same folder. In a lot of cases this will also be in 'c:\temp' but in the event scratch is not setup then I wanted to make sure (CYA-lol). I also like confusing users and masking what is really happening. And in this case should the user exit with ctrl-alt-del then it should still be difficult for the user to read all those .$$$'s files ;) Sincerely, Paul Dewey Yes! I use the RBase.cfg recommended settings, but should the ..... happen then at least I tried. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Emmitt Dove Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:55 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Temp Create File Names Paul, To expand on Dawn's reply: Keep in mind that R:BASE creates the $$$ 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]
