Re: insert filename

[cld@xxxxxxxx (Carl Distefano)]

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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