File Naming

[Jack Stewart]

David,

    Your idea works great but, alas, it had to be too good to be true :)
    
    The problem is that whenever one subsequently saves the file, it saves under the new file name.

        Jack



On 7/7/08, David Thompson said ……

>>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.
>
>It just occurred to me, that the file wouldn't have to have any 
>windows the first time it opened. You could save the file to open 
>without windows, and have the .Initialize open one of the forms on 
>the second open. It would look something 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
>
>SetWindow 50,50,500,600,""
>OpenForm "Your Initial Form"
>
>/* The rest of the .Initialize goes here */
>
>Dave
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