ExtractFilePath Function

See Also: ExtractFileName, IsFileNameQualified, String

Purpose

Returns a file path from a fully-qualified file name.

Return Type

String

Syntax

UseGlobalFunctionsProcedures.pkg
(ExtractFilePath({stringFileNameWithPath}))

What It Does

The ExtractFilePath function returns a String containing just the path to a file (including the ending backslash "\") when passed a string containing a fully-qualified file name (file name including full path).

Example

The sample below returns "C:\DataFlex 19.1\Bin\" in sFilePath.

String sFileNameWithPath
String sFilePath

Move "C:\DataFlex 19.1\Bin\Studio.exe" to sFileNameWithPath
Move (ExtractFilePath(sFileNameWithPath)) to sFilePath