Re: insert filename

["Mark Garvey" mgarvey@xxxxxxxx]

Thanks very much, Carl. I appreciate it.

Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: Carl Distefano 
To: XyWrite List 
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: insert filename


>
> Reply to note from "Steven Ayres"  Sun, 15 Apr 2001
> 16:24:36 -0700
>
> > MarkG=> how to insert the path and filename => of the current
> > document into the document itself?
> >
> > This works for me:
> >
> > ≪VA$PA≫\≪VA$FI≫
>
> Yes, at the command line, enter VA $PA or VA $FI (note the space
> after "VA"), depending on whether you want the full path and
> filename ($PA) or just the filename ($FI).
>
> These commands, of course, embed a VA *code* which causes the
> filename to display in non-eXPanded views and to print out. To
> insert the actual path and filename as plain text, you need a simple
> XPL routine, which in pseudo-code looks like this:
>
> 
>
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