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Getting the name of the opened file
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:21 am
by bjb007
A search on this subject gives 14 or so pages
of results which would take quite a while to
read so...
When I open a file with
put URL ("file:" & it) into FileData
how do I get the name of the file that's opened?
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:48 am
by Mark
bjb,
Assuming that the it variable contains a valid file name:
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put it into myFilePath
set the itemDel to slash
put last item of myFilePath into myFileName
put URL ("file:" & myFilePath) into myFileData
Best,
Mark
Getting the name of the opened file
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:25 am
by bjb007
Thanks Mark.
Wise to add code to save itemDel and
restore after getting the file name else
in my case the file wouldn't load
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put it into myFilePath
put itemDel into someVar
set the itemDel to slash
put last item of myFilePath into myFileName
set itemDel to someVar
put URL ("file:" & myFilePath) into myFileData