Looping through files, over 100 chars in filenames

Kisu

I stumbled upon problem with filename length.

I have set of xml files and some pdf that belongs to those xml files.
I want to loop through the pdf files and strip the filenames shorter to match the xml filenames

xml files are named like this:
1234567a-1234-abcd-abcd-1234567890a_invoice_123456789.xml

and pdf names like this:
1234567a-1234-abcd-abcd-1234567890a_image_123456789_portname_invoicename_exportdate_importdate_somethingnotsousualtext.pdf

the pdf should be renamed like:
1234567a-1234-abcd-abcd-1234567890a_image.pdf

I'm using Record File table for looping through the files like so:


cfile.RESET;
cfile.SETRANGE(cfile.Path, Laskukansio);
cfile.SETRANGE("Is a file", TRUE);
cfile.SETFILTER(cfile.Name, '*.pdf');

IF cfile.FINDFIRST THEN BEGIN
REPEAT...

This loop skips that long pdf file as it's over 100 chars, but if I leave the pdf filter out, part of the name shows upon cfile.name
1234567a-1234-abcd-abcd-1234567890a_image_123456789_portname_invoicename_exportdate_importdate_som

So is there anyway I could rename these long file names within Navision?

sourav_ait

Is there any nomenclature you follow for the file name?The only way to rename the name as you want is by wrapping the name.

vaprog

Hi,

if you happen to know the filename, FILE.RENAME should work. I assume, that here, the 260 character WINAPI restriction for the full path applies.

If you need to find the file first, I suggest you use DotNet interop (or Automation, if you're on classic) for that purpose. You can use it for rename also.