Sorry, I should've written: SET VAR var1 = "CSD1INVOICE_" SET VAR filename = (.var1 + #date + ".dat") OUT .filename
Claudine :) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 9:25 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: > > > > To anyone out there?! > > I am working on an interface exporting data from RBASE 6.1 as an > ASCII delimited file to a 3rd party app. The 3rd party app requires the > filename contain an 18 character name with a 3 character extension. > The 3rd party app requires I use the system date as the unique ID > for the last 6 characters of the filename. I can not figure out how to > precede my 6 character filename with the 12 additional characters > (CSD1INVOICE_). > Once the job is complete I will have created an ASCII delimited file > using the name CSD1INVOICE_######.DAT where ###### is the current date of > the export (unique ID) out of RBASE. > Any ideas how I might achieve a rename from short to long from RBASE > or DOS batch? I have tried XCOPY in a DOS batch file but that seems to > work only if I append the 12 additional characters. Unfortunately I need > them to precede the RBASE output filename. This is the last step in the > design and must be automated for the user. > > Thanks, > > David R. > Pine, Arizona
winmail.dat
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