4 Replies Latest reply on Mar 26, 2014 4:16 PM by Dwight Livingston

get / set file name of open file

Dwight Livingston Mar 25, 2014 4:35 PM

Two different questions:

1. What's the easiest way to get the name of an open file into clipboard so you can paste it somewhere?

2. Anyone else think it would be handy if you could set the file name in the Custom Property Tab? (A Save-As would occur in the background when you apply the properties.)

Dwight

Re: get / set file name of open file

John Burrill Mar 25, 2014 5:10 PM (in response to Dwight Livingston)

You can copy text from the partnumber in configuration properties.
I generally would like to be able to perform all file management tasks on a file while it's open-which is one of the things I liked about OS X when I played around with it. I gather that it would require a different system architecture, so I'm not holding out hope for it.
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  Dwight Livingston Mar 25, 2014 5:42 PM (in response to John Burrill)
  
  John Burrill wrote:
  
  You can copy text from the partnumber in configuration properties.
  I would, but we don't have that as a configuration specific property.
  
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    John Burrill Mar 25, 2014 6:12 PM (in response to Dwight Livingston)
    
    What I meant was the configuration property manager has a field with the configuration part number-which by default is set to the document name. You can select the text of this field and copy it to the clip board.
    
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      Dwight Livingston Mar 26, 2014 4:16 PM (in response to John Burrill)
      
      John
      
      Yes, that works well. I have not found anything quicker.
      
      Thanks
      
      Dwight
      
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