How To Set A Var To Name Of Current Macro Wo Ext

[sginn]

I know how to set a var to "Name of Current Macro". this works great when you are running the macro from within Macro Express. However, if you create a playable macro, it assigns the entire name of the macro including the extension *.mxe. I am using this variable in the creation of a file name, so it would be nice to just assign the macro name without the ".mxe" part.

 

Thanks

[IceBox]

You can use the Set Integer | Get Position of Text in a Text Variable command to determine the location of the dot(.) in your string.

 

Then you can delete the file extension using the "Delete Part of Text" command starting with character %N1% (The location of the dot that we set in the previous step) and continuing for 4 total characters (The dot, plus the 3 characters in the extension).

[randallc]

Hi again!

 

Alternatively,

Again, you can retrieve the filename without extension as one of the options in

" Variable set from file" (in file commands) %T2% fromFile as part of filename

 

OR!

 

Get the length of your MacroName in a variable, and "variable string modify" "copy part of text", length 4 less than length of name!

 

Best, Randall

[joe]

Hello!

 

Here is my two cents:

 

Let's say for example that, after using the Name of Current Macro option, T1 is set to "MyPlayable.mxe". You can remove ".mxe" from the string using a single call to the Replace Substring command:

Replace ".mex" with "" in %T1%

<TMVAR2:21:01:00:001:000:.mex>

Make sure the Ignore Case checkbox is checked.