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FileExtension ( TheFileName )

Returns the file extension from a given file name, regardless of how many periods it has.

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  Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

Right ( TheFileName , Length ( TheFileName ) - Position ( TheFileName , "." , 1 , PatternCount ( TheFileName , "." ) ) ) Click to copy

This function is useful in case you need to take action based on a given file name.

It will return the file extension and then you can do things in your calculations or scripts, based on the result.

Example:

Case ( FileExtension ( Files::FileName ) = "docx", "This is a Word Document" ,
FileExtension ( Files::FileName ) = "xlsx" , "This is an Excel spreadsheet" )

Enjoy!

 

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