Converting data types: Date, Integer

prassl

Good morning everybody,

I would please need your help to sort out a little problem:
I am automatically generating file names in NAV 4.0 for external files which should look like this:

Date_SeqNR_Name.Extension e.g. 20060426_01_Test.txt

Problem is: I cannot combine the string-parts as Date is Type Date, SeqNr is Type Integer and Name + Extension are Strings. (Text)

Is there any way of converting data types in C/AL ? Like the parsing e.g. in Java ?
sorry, maybe my question is really simple, but I couldn t find a solution for it yet...

many thanks in advance
cheers,
mp

HalMdy

Better is to decompose the date using the fct DATE2DMY() . See the online help for detail.

Withe that fct, you could make something like :

FileName := STRSUBSTNO('%1%2%3_ .......',DATE2DMY(WORKDATE,3),
DATE2DMY(WORKDATE,2),
..... );

Kowa

Look for the FORMAT ( Number into Text ) and the EVALUATE(Text into Number) functions in the C/SIDE online help

David_Cox

Try this, it is a way of formatting dates how you want them

// MyStr := FORMAT(TODAY,0,'<Day,2><Month,2><Year,2>');
// MESSAGE(FORMAT(TODAY,0,'<Day,2><Month,2><Year,2>'));

If you need to add a special space character say underscore you can use it like this
// MyStr := FORMAT(TODAY,0,'<Day,2>_<Month,2>_<Year,2>');

So yours would be
MyStr := STRSUBSTNO('%1_ %2_%3.txt',FORMAT(TODAY,0,'<Year,4><Month,2><Day,2>'),FileCounter,Filename);
Giving 20060427_1_Myfile.txt

prassl

problem solved the way HalMdy and David Cox suggested
works fine \:D/

thank you so much !
cheers, manu