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Hi all

I've added a File Browse action with the result stored in a variable and it cointains the whole file path e.g. C:/foldername/anotherfolder/myfile.xyz
Does anyone know a way, maybe by a script, of extracting and storing in another variable just the file name part (myfile) from that?
The path could be any length

Thanks

That is possible and quite easy to do, but, off the top of my head, I can't remember the script or actions to do it. You want to parse the variable using the backslash, based on the number of backslashes in the variable, so the bit after the last backslash is the file name. You could also go to the end of the text variable, find the "." and the previous backslash. That might be a more efficient script. I have done this many times, but don't use Opus any more. It's just a complete blank now . I will look through my old publications and see what I can find. It will take me a couple of days before I can look.

Had a wee bit of time to look at this, but can't find the publication where I parsed text variables. I am assuming you are familiar with scripts, variables, buttons, text inputs and having actions attached to the button, all standard stuff.

I started a new publication, but don't have much time to look at this yet, however I did try something which would work, perhaps a bit clumsy and just the very basics just now.
Assuming your file name was in a variable called Path which contained L:\Path1\Path2\Path3\MyFile.txt
create a button with this simple script Attached MyIndex=Path.lastIndexOf("\\")
create a text input with the MyIndex variable in it.
Make sure you get the case of the lastIndexOf() correct. You need to enter two backslashes to escape the action of a backslash.
This script will find the position of the last backslash in the file. Then you need to use substring(MyIndex) to split the file name into the bit before the last backslash. I will attach a very basic example. It's not fully tested, so not error trapped.