Claudine, That works great! Isn't it remarkable how 1 can spend so much time on what appears to be a complex matter while yet another (fresh view) can see the answer so simple?!
Thank you very much for creating so simple a solution to my dire dilemma! David R. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 8:30 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: > > 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
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