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Post by Robert on May 26, 2024 21:39:01 GMT -5
I was in a SET Edit session, and tried to create a copy of the SET values by using a name with an environment variable in it:
CREATE %TEMP%\MYFILE.TXT
The Help says I can do this (under CREATE command):
"
file-name
The name of the file you wish to create. The filename may contain system variables ( %xxx% ) if desired, they will be substituted from the System variable settings"
But it didn't work. Instead, I got the message "Open File Output failed" instead. I tried putting the whole name in quotes, but that didn't work either.
When I hard-coded the value of the %Temp% environment variable in the full filename, which for me is
C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\MYFILE.TXT
the Create worked.
Using 3.0.24069 version.
R
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Post by George on May 27, 2024 9:00:15 GMT -5
Robert: Yes, all current and Beta versions have the bug, it's not new. The substitution routine is trimming the 1st character after the 2nd %. It's been like this a long time and never been reported. A sign of how much it gets used. I'll correct it. George
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