TABLE.ACTUAL_FILENAME_GET Function

Syntax

Filename as C = Actual_Filename_Get([C tablename])

Arguments

tablename

The name of the table as it appears in the Control Panel.

Description

Get the physical (master) filename of the table, if name specified, returns full path to provided database name.

Discussion

The TABLE.ACTUAL_FILENAME_GET() method returns the real filename (as opposed to the filename of the shadow table) of Table_Name. Table_Name is an entry in the Tables/Sets tab on the Control Panel.

Example

? table.actual_filename_get("invoice_header")
= "c:\databases\expressions test\invoice_header.DBF"

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