• 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_ENCODE Function

Syntax

Arguments

filename

A fully qualified filename with path.

reference_path

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

Description

FILENAME_ENCODE() returns a character string after converting a filename to an aliased 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_encode("c:\documents\upgrade.txt")
cs -> "[Documents]upgrade.txt"

See Also

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