Modifying the <$filename> [short] variable...

[Shlomo Perets]

Art,

You wrote:

>I'd like to get a variable that displays the file name but loses the
>extension....
>Anyone have a work-around or ideas? Anything in the FDK?

I don't know of a built-in way of doing this, but a limited workaround is 
available in the context of FM->PDF or FM->PS workflows: you can place the 
filename variable in a text frame, add a short PostScript code fragments 
before and after it, and tag the text frame as PS code. The PS fragments 
will remove the extension and control the formatting of the filename.

If this approach is applicable, I can set up a .fm file demonstrating the 
workaround.


Shlomo Perets

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