Dynamically rename a file?

[Rhettmatic]

I need to rename a file to the exact date of when it got renamed.
I already tried entering %Date% but that gives an error messsage ("Could not rename file. (#99, Line 5)")

Thanks ahead

[JimS]

Re: Dynamically rename a file?

When you grab the whole date at once, it contains forward slashes ie. 10/11/2003
You can’t give a file a name with slashes in it. Instead, grab the year, month, and day separately and stick them back together.

%Year% = System.GetDateTime ( "Date", "Year")
%Month% = System.GetDateTime ( "Date", "Month")
%Day% = System.GetDateTime ( "Date", "Day")
%FullDate% = "%Year%%Month%%Day%"
File.Rename ("%SrcDir%\OldFile.txt", "%SrcDir%\%FullDate%.ext")

Here’s the code.

<IR_ACTIONS_LIST>
<Action name="Get Date Time">
<Type>139</Type>
<Function>0</Function>
<DTIndentLevel>0</DTIndentLevel>
<Enabled>1</Enabled>
<ErrorHandling>
<UserNotificationMode>2</UserNotificationMode>
<CustomErrorMessage/>
<OnErrorAction>0</OnErrorAction>
<JumpToLabel/>
</ErrorHandling>
<Variable>%Year%</Variable>
<ReturnType>0</ReturnType>
<Date>6</Date>
<Time>0</Time>
</Action>
<Action name="Get Date Time">
<Type>139</Type>
<Function>0</Function>
<DTIndentLevel>0</DTIndentLevel>
<Enabled>1</Enabled>
<ErrorHandling>
<UserNotificationMode>2</UserNotificationMode>
<CustomErrorMessage/>
<OnErrorAction>0</OnErrorAction>
<JumpToLabel/>
</ErrorHandling>
<Variable>%Month%</Variable>
<ReturnType>0</ReturnType>
<Date>4</Date>
<Time>0</Time>
</Action>
<Action name="Get Date Time">
<Type>139</Type>
<Function>0</Function>
<DTIndentLevel>0</DTIndentLevel>
<Enabled>1</Enabled>
<ErrorHandling>
<UserNotificationMode>2</UserNotificationMode>
<CustomErrorMessage/>
<OnErrorAction>0</OnErrorAction>
<JumpToLabel/>
</ErrorHandling>
<Variable>%Day%</Variable>
<ReturnType>0</ReturnType>
<Date>5</Date>
<Time>0</Time>
</Action>
<Action name="Set Value">
<Type>6</Type>
<Function>0</Function>
<DTIndentLevel>0</DTIndentLevel>
<Enabled>1</Enabled>
<ErrorHandling>
<UserNotificationMode>2</UserNotificationMode>
<CustomErrorMessage/>
<OnErrorAction>0</OnErrorAction>
<JumpToLabel/>
</ErrorHandling>
<Variable>%FullDate%</Variable>
<Value>%Year%%Month%%Day%</Value>
<Evaluate>0</Evaluate>
</Action>
<Action name="Rename">
<Type>30</Type>
<Function>0</Function>
<DTIndentLevel>0</DTIndentLevel>
<Enabled>1</Enabled>
<ErrorHandling>
<UserNotificationMode>2</UserNotificationMode>
<CustomErrorMessage/>
<OnErrorAction>0</OnErrorAction>
<JumpToLabel/>
</ErrorHandling>
<OldFileName>%SrcDir%\OldFile.txt</OldFileName>
<NewFileName>%SrcDir%\%FullDate%.ext</NewFileName>
</Action>
</IR_ACTIONS_LIST>

[JimS]

Re: Dynamically rename a file?

Sorry, I didn’t pay attention to what forum you posted in. I thought you were using AMS. For Setup Factory it will be similar, except the variable names are.

%CurrentDay%
%CurrentMonth%
%CurrentYear%

[Rhettmatic]

Re: Dynamically rename a file?

Well that worked fine I tried the #DATE# and %Date% variables.. when those didnt worked i stopped trying the other date-variables.. doh!

Thanks!