Timothy,
In Visual Basic you can use the brute force method to search the string from
right to left looking for the first back slash. Everything to the right of
that will be the file name. This can easily be done with the len(), right(),
and mid() functions.
strFilePath = "c:\data\mytable.tab"
' step through the string from right to left to find the backslash
For i = len(strFilePath) to 1 Step -1
If mid(strFilePath, i, 1) = "\" then
strFileName = right(strFilePath, len(strFilePath) - i)
Exit For
End If
Next i
James F. Koennicke
GIS Programmer
Vista Information Technologies, Inc.
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Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 11:14 AM
To: 'Mapinfo List'
Subject: MI Quick VB/MB string formatting question
Not necessarily an MI question but in VB and/or MB does anyone know how I
can remove the Path info and extension on a string e.g.
From
C:\data\MyTable.Tab
to
MyTable
Many Thanks
Tim Chinchen (GIS Systems Developer)
I.T. Services Bournemouth Borough Council
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