Dear David,
SET DATE FORMAT MMDDYY
SET VAR vDateText TEXT = (CTXT(.#Date))
SET VAR vFileName TEXT = ('CSD1INVOICE_' +
.vDateText)
OUTPUT .vFileName
[put your export here]
OUTPUT SCREEN
I hope this addresses the issues you are working on.
Randy Peterson
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Ratliff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 10:25 AM
>
>
> 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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