multicharts date in file name [SOLVED]

waldem · Dec 11 2019

Hallo, when i export a txt file should be possible to format the name including the date?
today i have one initial variable like this: FName = "C:\Temp\CheckList.TXT";
Should be possible to append the date somehow?

waldem · Dec 11 2019

i tried to solve like this FName3 = "C:\Temp\CheckList_BLSH"+datetostring(date)+".txt";
but i got error because i cannot create file with special character "/"
any idea?

TJ · Dec 11 2019

i tried to solve like this FName3 = "C:\Temp\CheckList_BLSH"+datetostring(date)+".txt";
but i got error because i cannot create file with special character "/"
any idea?

Have you checked the Wiki for usage examples of datetostring ?

Smoky · Dec 11 2019

function to setup file name "SUFIXELOG"

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INPUT:  MasterName(string);


var: TempName(""), dat(""),heur("");


dat = NumToStr(currentdate,0);
heur = NumToStr(currentTime,0);


TempName= "C:\CSV\"+ MasterName+ "." + dat +"."+ heur +".csv";


SUFIXELOG=TempName;

calling code:

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var: filename("tradelog"), Field("name;price;win");


once 
begin

      filename=SUFIXELOG(filename); 
      
end;


print(file(filename),Field);

working well...

waldem · Dec 12 2019

Thanks Smoky, but as suggested by TJ is easy to read wiky.
I used FormatDate function and it works:
FName3 = "C:\Temp\CheckList"+FormatDate("dd-MM-yy",MyDate)+".txt";