Diesel Directory

[Anonymous]

Is there a way, possibly Diesel, to put in a field the directory of a file, not the entire path?

Thanks,
David

[ska67can]

vba code:
Dim fileLen, foldLen As Variant
Dim foldName As String

fileLen = Len(ThisDrawing.Name)
foldLen = Len(ThisDrawing.FullName)
foldName = Left(ThisDrawing.FullName, foldLen - fileLen)

[Anonymous]

That works for VBA. But I want to have it be Diesel code within a Field in an Attribute.

David

[Anonymous]

Well then, why are you in the VBA group? This question should be in plain
Customization.

FWIW, I don't think you are going to find an easy answer, unless you are on
2007 and can use an AutoLISP variable.

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R. Robert Bell


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That works for VBA. But I want to have it be Diesel code within a Field in
an Attribute.

David

[Anonymous]

If you mean just the path to the drawing file,
but not the filename, then you don't need to
use DIESEL, you can use this field expression:

%<\AcVar Filename \f "%fn1">%

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wrote in message news:5416810@discussion.autodesk.com...
Is there a way, possibly Diesel, to put in a field the directory of a file, not the entire path?

Thanks,
David

[Anonymous]

Tony, I think David is looking for "Stuff" in the case of
"C:\Temp\Stuff\Drawing.dwg".

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"Tony Tanzillo" wrote in message
news:5417767@discussion.autodesk.com...
If you mean just the path to the drawing file,
but not the filename, then you don't need to
use DIESEL, you can use this field expression:

%<\AcVar Filename \f "%fn1">%

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Is there a way, possibly Diesel, to put in a field the directory of a file,
not the entire path?

[Anonymous]

Robert,

Thanks for the clarification. That is exactly correct.

I am looking for "Stuff" in the case of "C:\Temp\Stuff\Drawing.dwg".

David

[Anonymous]

In that case, pure DIESEL will probably not work
for what you need.

You can use a custom drawing property to store
any data you want, updated whenever needed or
appropriate, using LISP reactors or VBA events,
and you can reference that in your field.

I don't recommend using the LispVariable field
type, because LISP is not available in every
context where a field's value may be referenced.

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wrote in message news:5417901@discussion.autodesk.com...
Robert,

Thanks for the clarification. That is exactly correct.

I am looking for "Stuff" in the case of "C:\Temp\Stuff\Drawing.dwg".

David