fNameOfFile (Function)

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Functions for managing external files

Operating mode in Windows Vista (and later)

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Constants for the external files

Functions for managing external files

Handling the external files

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Summary table: Managing the application directories according to the platform

fDetectRemovableStorage

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fRename

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Operating mode in Windows Vista (and later)

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fNameOfFile (Function)

In french: fNomFichier

Returns the name of an external file that is currently opened. This file was opened by one of the following functions: fOpen, fCreate or fOpenTempFile.

Example

MyTestFileID is int
sFileName is string
MyTestFileID = fCreate("C:\temp\TestCreation.txt")
sFileName = fNameOfFile(MyTestFileID)
Info("The file " + fExtractPath(sFileName, fFileName + fExtension) + ...
" was created in the directory "+ fExtractPath(sFileName, fDrive + fDirectory))

Syntax

<Result> = fNameOfFile(<File identifier>)

<Result>: Character string

Name and full path of the external file.
<Result> is a character string of the same type as the one passed to fOpen, fCreate or fOpenTempFile:
If these functions handled an Ansi character string, <Result> will be in Ansi format.
If these functions handled a Unicode character string, <Result> will be in Unicode format.

<File identifier>: Integer

Identifier of the file to use, defined by fOpen, fCreate or fOpenTempFile.

Remarks

Operating mode in Windows Vista (and later)

If this function does not operate properly in Windows Vista (and later), check whether the file or directory used is not in one of the system directories (Windows directory or "Program Files" directory).

Indeed, in Windows Vista (and later), with the UAC mechanism (User Account Control) enabled, you must have the administrator privileges to handle and/or modify the files or directories in the system directories (Windows directory or "Program Files" directory).

Programming tip: To handle and/or modify the files or directories without administrator privileges, you should:

avoid writing into the Windows directory or into the "Program Files" directory,
use the system directory corresponding to the application (returned by SysDir associated with the srCommonAppData constant).

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