Modify feilds

[WAYNEL]

How can I mondify the FileName feild so that it just gives me the
filename without the extention, with sa Left(FileName,8).

WayneL

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hi Waynel

WAYNEL wrote:
> How can I mondify the FileName feild so that it just gives me the
> filename without the extention, with sa Left(FileName,8).

In short: you don't.

You can change the way Windows itself displays filenames (w/o the
extension), but this is generally not a good idea.

But there's no field switch doing what you ask for (and God knows we've
asked for such things repeatedly :-)).

You could programmatically (on saving?) insert the filename into a
Document variable or property and reference this instead.

HTH
Robert
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[WAYNEL]

Hi Robert


Is there someway of using VBA say NoExt = FileName, then say insert
that into a feild?

WayneL

Robert M. Franz (RMF) wrote:
> Hi Waynel
>
> WAYNEL wrote:
> > How can I mondify the FileName feild so that it just gives me the
> > filename without the extention, with sa Left(FileName,8).
>
> In short: you don't.
>
> You can change the way Windows itself displays filenames (w/o the
> extension), but this is generally not a good idea.
>
> But there's no field switch doing what you ask for (and God knows we've
> asked for such things repeatedly :-)).
>
> You could programmatically (on saving?) insert the filename into a
> Document variable or property and reference this instead.
>
> HTH
> Robert
> --
> /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS
> \ / | MVP
> X Against HTML | for
> / \ in e-mail & news | Word

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

WAYNEL wrote:
> Is there someway of using VBA say NoExt = FileName, then say insert
> that into a feild?

You can do almost anything in VBA, like define your own macro which
inserts the filename to your liking at the insertion point. But I don't
know of anything you can do to actually change the output of a FILENAME
field in the way you want it.

[BTW, even if you _had_ the possibility to use simple string
manipulation on the field itself, not every document name consists of
8+3 ...]

Greetinx
Robert
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