Modify feilds "WAYNEL" <home[ at ]wlawson.co.uk> 27.09.2006 11:13:47 How can I mondify the FileName feild so that it just gives me the filename without the extention, with sa Left(FileName,8). WayneL

Re: Modify feilds "Robert M. Franz (RMF)" <robert.franz[ at ]mvps.org> 27.09.2006 11:33:13 Hi Waynel WAYNEL wrote: [Quoted Text] > How can I mondify the FileName feild so that it just gives me the > filename without the extention, with sa Left(FileName,8). In short: you don't. You can change the way Windows itself displays filenames (w/o the extension), but this is generally not a good idea. But there's no field switch doing what you ask for (and God knows we've asked for such things repeatedly :-)). You could programmatically (on saving?) insert the filename into a Document variable or property and reference this instead. HTH Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word

Re: Modify feilds "WAYNEL" <home[ at ]wlawson.co.uk> 27.09.2006 11:44:44 Hi Robert Is there someway of using VBA say NoExt = FileName, then say insert that into a feild? WayneL Robert M. Franz (RMF) wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi Waynel > > WAYNEL wrote: > > How can I mondify the FileName feild so that it just gives me the > > filename without the extention, with sa Left(FileName,8). > > In short: you don't. > > You can change the way Windows itself displays filenames (w/o the > extension), but this is generally not a good idea. > > But there's no field switch doing what you ask for (and God knows we've > asked for such things repeatedly :-)). > > You could programmatically (on saving?) insert the filename into a > Document variable or property and reference this instead. > > HTH > Robert > -- > /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS > \ / | MVP > X Against HTML | for > / \ in e-mail & news | Word

Re: Modify feilds "Robert M. Franz (RMF)" <robert.franz[ at ]mvps.org> 27.09.2006 12:18:44 WAYNEL wrote: [Quoted Text] > Is there someway of using VBA say NoExt = FileName, then say insert > that into a feild? You can do almost anything in VBA, like define your own macro which inserts the filename to your liking at the insertion point. But I don't know of anything you can do to actually change the output of a FILENAME field in the way you want it. [BTW, even if you _had_ the possibility to use simple string manipulation on the field itself, not every document name consists of 8+3 ...] Greetinx Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word