Razzak: For this use, I don't like the idea of assigning file names that make no sense to the user. I remember the old legacy code where we could easily create filenames with random letters and that's okay for code used internally. But to create a PDF file with random characters doesn't help a user "find" the particular file they created. I don't want to put up a pause message telling the user "I just created a file ABC2839ANDNDK183838AAD.PDF". Yes I can have the program automatically launch the file, and they can choose to "save as" to a name that makes sense to them. But if they don't save as and want to come back later to find the file, they wouldn't be able to.
Karen In a message dated 10/26/2011 11:26:40 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Use RGUID Plugin with R:BASE eXtreme 9.1, or new (CVAL('GUID')) > FUNCTION using R:BASE eXtreme 9.5 (64) to dynamically create a > unique 36 character identifier to achieve your goal in any > environment. > > Numbers help us reference items unambiguously. "John Smith" > may be many people, but Social Security Number 123-45-6789 > refers to one person exactly. > > A GUID (globally unique identifier) is a bigger, badder > version of this type of ID number. You may see the term > UUID tossed about (universally unique identifier), a nitpicky > word for those whose numbers are unique not only within the > globe, but throughout the entire universe. > > That's all there is to it!
