• A5_AddTempFile Function
• a5_create_tempfile Function
• A5_DownLoadFile Function
• a5_file_get_access_control Function
• A5_FILE_REMOVE Function
• A5_FileAttributeHelp Function
• A5_FileAttributeHelper Function
• A5_Get_FilesUpdatedSince Function
• a5_getaddinsinstalledfolder Function
• a5_getcodelibraryfolder Function
• a5_gettransformhistory Function
• a5_getuserdatafolder Function
• a5_is_addin_aex_outdated Function
• a5_libraries_synchronize Function
• a5_load_aex_files Function
• a5_path_relative Function
• A5_PROMPT_FILES_IN_DB Function
• a5_promptforoverwrite Function
• a5_regexfilename Function
• a5_saveas_formats_help Function
• a5_savetransformhistory Function
• A5_SYNCHRONIZE_FOLDERS Function
• a5_zip_files_w_fback Function
• a5Helper_generateFileDownloadJS Function
• BOF Function
• COPY_FILES Function
• FILE_COPY Function
• FILE_GET_DATE_TIME Function
• FILE_GET_SIZE Function
• FILE_IS_OPEN Function
• FILES_IN_TABLE Function
• GET_FROM_FILE Function
• getfromapplicationdatafile Function
• SAVE_TO_FILE Function
• savetoapplicationdatafile Function
• touch Function
• UNZIP_FILES Function
• XPS_to_PDF Function
• ZIP_FILES Function
• zip_folder Function

a5_create_tempfile Function

Syntax

Arguments

extensionCharacter

Default = ".tmp". The file extension for the temporary file.

folderCharacter

Default = Windows temp folder. Location to create the file.

flagUseGuidLogical

If true, the generated file name is a GUID.

Returns

resultCharacter

Returns the fully qualified temporary file name.

Description

Creates a temporary file with the specified extension. If extension is not specified, then extension of .tmp is used. If folder is not specified, then uses Windows temp folder. File is automatically deleted when Alpha Anywhere is closed.

Example

? a5_create_tempfile()
= "C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\AlphaAnywhere\p_3960\a5_temp_d8193ab4_53cc_4063_a7f5_c1009fbd7c43.tmp"

? a5_create_tempfile(".tmp","",.f.)
= "C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\AlphaAnywhere\p_3960\$$9D9620201019154245063.tmp"

See Also

• Context.Request.GetRequestTempFileName()