>>Use sys(2015) to create temp files.
>>If you need absolutely 8 in lenght, thinking a temp file's lifecyle is not long, you could use :
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>>'_'+substr(sys(2015),4)
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>>or make 2 chars part of extension :
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>>stuff(sys(2015),9,0,'.')
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>FYI:
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>If you want to know how SYS(2015) works and how to convert it to Datetime and vise versa, see FILE#
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>For instance substr(sys(2015),4) will be unique for 36 days.
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>hth,
Thanks Frank,
I already know its details and for that reason I stated '..lifecycle is not long' :)
Cetin