Variables in text

[Simon_Aldworth]

If I type the following into a text area in Report view:

Datafile - @datadrvuser@@datafile@.@dataextension

then I should get the text:

Datafile - C:\my folder\myfile.tdm

but I actually get:

Datafile - C:\myfolder\.DAT

This always used to work in the older versions of Diadem but doesn't seem to work now. Not only do I not get the file name but it places .DAT on the end and not .TDM when the data file is a TDM file?

Any clues?

Thanks,

Si.

[Walter_Rick]

Hello Si Aldworth,

In the DIAdem online help you find the following:

Specifies the name of the current DIAdem Dat data file without the extension.

Definition	DataFile, Filename variable

Note New loading commands, for example for TDM files, store the name of the data file in the DataSetName variable.

An other way to get that information is to use channel properties as follows:
ChnPropGet("[1]/ChnName", "sourcedatafilename")   ' Specifies the filename, if DIAdem loads the channel from a file.
ChnPropGet("[1]/ChnName", "sourcedatafilepath")     ' Specifies the file path, if DIAdem loads the channel from a file.

Greetings
Walter