Metadata variable and the After filter

[jackson41]

Hi I don't know if anybody can help but in a metadata variable i need to isolate a file name from its path location.

For example C:\Jobs\FileLoctaion\A4_Poster.pdf- i need to isolate the pdf file name. Currently the way i am trying to do this is to use the 'After' filter where i enter '\FileLoctaion\' in the 'After' field and therefore i should be left with just A4_Poster.pdf but for some reason the filter does not like the last backslash in the 'After' field and the filter does not work and displays nothing.

If i enter '\FileLoctaion' without the last backslash the result is as expected \A4_Poster.pdf but this is not what i need, as i don't need th preceding backslash.

Any help greatly appreciated.

[gabrielp]

What you described should work fine. You can test this by looking at the Job.Path variable and adding the preceding path in the "After" box:


I can't imagine why the "/" should be causing issues for you. Perhaps it is not a normal / and instead it is a weird encoding?

As a sanity check, this file path is a metadata variable only and not the Job.Name, right? Because if it's the job's name, Job.Name is the best place to get that.

[jackson41]

Hi

Thanks for the info, the only difference between our two posts is that i am having an issue with a back slash and not a forward slash as illustrated in your screenshot. Do you think it could be the back slash that causes the problem?

Many Thanks Dave