• a5_backup_filename Function
• a5_get_tempfile_name Function
• a5_getaddinlibraryfilename Function
• a5_getaddinlibrarylistfilename Function
• a5_getapplicationdatafilename Function
• a5_getappserveractivationfilename Function
• a5_getappserverconfigfile Function
• a5_getcodelibraryfilename Function
• a5_gethelpfilename Function
• a5_getstylesheettablefilename Function
• a5_getsystemmenusfilename Function
• a5_getsystemtoolbarsfilename Function
• a5_gettransformhistoryfilename Function
• a5_getuserdatafilename Function
• A5_Qualify_Filename Function
• A5_SHORTEN_FN Function
• FILENAME_ABSOLUTE Function
• FILENAME_DECODE Function
• FILENAME_ENCODE Function
• FILENAME_FROM_ALIAS Function
• FILENAME_IS_RELATIVE Function
• FILENAME_RELATIVE Function
• FILENAME_TO_ALIAS Function
• GET_UNIQUE_FILENAME Function
• IMAGE_FILENAME_ENCODE Function
• TOKEN_NAME_INCREMENT Function

FILENAME_DECODE Function

Syntax

Arguments

filename

An alias and filename (typically without path information).

reference_path

Optional. Default = path of current database. A path to use as a starting point in composing the filename.

Description

FILENAME_DECODE() returns a character string after converting an aliased filename to a fully qualified filename. The value of the FILENAME_DECODE() and FILENAME_ENCODE()functions is that they make it easier to develop an application that is less location dependent. In the following example, "[documents]" is defined as "c:\documents\".

Example

dim cs as C
cs = filename_decode("[documents]upgrade.txt")
cs -> "c:\documents\upgrade.txt"

This script decodes a Alpha Anywhere alias. Assume you have a setting that says: [System] = C:\WINNT\System32\.

sys_shell(filename_decode("[System]Calc.exe"),1)

See Also

• Filename Functions
• FILE Functions
• FILE Methods
• Directory Functions