How to I rip the file name from a full path string?

How to I rip the file name from a full path string?

eg.
"c:\Folder\picture.jpg"

What I want is "picture.jpg". And the path of the picture
is different depending on the user selection. So, using
the mid() is somewhat impossible (or maybe not) because of varying length.

Thx

just use a do while loop and test every charcter backwards untill you come across "\". You can do this with the mid(), then cut the string required using pointers (i%) for the number of characters required.

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Give this a whirl

Code:

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sMaskName = "c:\myFolder\AnotherFolder\MyFile.txt"
sTest = Dir$(sMaskName, vbNormal) 'loses the path!

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Another alternative - vb6 only

Code:

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Private Function getTitle(Filename As String) As String

Dim strTemp() As String

strTemp = Split(Filename, "\")

getTitle = strTemp(UBound(strTemp()))

End Function

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