If you're lazy like me, you can also just grab the last char of the
pathname for parsing cross platform paths:
the itemDelimiter = the last char of the pathname
Cole
>Jon Paul Alongi wrote:
>>how can i show just the filename and not the whole path in a text box....
>
>Mark A. Boyd wrote:
>> Look into using the itemDelimiter to get the last (or possibly next to
>last) item in the path.
>
>Mark is right - this is the code that I use
>
>As this is quite a common function for me, I set this up as a function:
>
>on GetNameFromPath thePath
> backup = the itemDelimiter
>
> if the platform contains "mac" then
> the itemDelimiter = ":"
> else
> the itemDelimiter = "\"
> end if
>
> theItem = the last item of thePath
>
> the itemDelimiter = backup
>
> return theItem
>end
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