File Naming

[Jack Stewart]

Thanks for the idea David.

I will play with it and let you know.

        Jack
        
        
On 7/7/08, David Thompson said ……

>>The problem is that I want a longer file name than Panorama allows, 
>>(even though OS X allows it). My user finds it very helpful to 
>>include certain info such as version number in the actual file name. 
>>I don't care at all if it displays in the window but I don't want to 
>>have to trigger a procedure for each menu opened window simply to 
>>change the window name. The user is free to create more windows 
>>which can create a programming nightmare.
>
>It's not a perfect solution, but it does cover all the points above. 
>You can have the .Initialize procedure test to see if the file opened 
>with a long name containing a # symbol. If so, it would close the 
>file and open it again, using OpenAs to give it a short name in RAM. 
>That would be the name used in all the window names. The drawback is 
>that the file will have to open twice, unless it is being opened by 
>another database that uses OpenAs to name it with the short name.
>
>The .Initialize would begin like this.
>
>If  info("DatabaseName") contains "#"
>Local FilePath, FileName
>     FilePath =  folderpath(folder(""))
>     FileName =  info("DatabaseName")
>     CloseFile
>     OpenAs "Your Short Name"
>     OpenFile FilePath + FileName
>     Rtn
>Endif
>
>/* The rest of the .Initialize goes here */
>
>The first time the file opens, it will have the long name, so the 
>code above will close it and reopen it with the short one. The second 
>time it opens, it will have the short name, so it will skip that 
>part, and just do the normal initialization.
>
>Dave
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