New FM user needs help parsing image path

[Jerry Ross]

Hi all,

I'm new to programming FM and need some assistance with parsing my image paths.

I have a Container field (Colorway Image) with an image placed in it.

I also created a calculated field using GetAsText(Colorway Image). This field returns the value:

size:504,445

image:Images/103456_comp.tif

imagemac:/Radiance/Users/jerryross/Documents/Project Files/TMaG/Footwear Supplement SS05/Images/103456_comp.tif

What I need help with is extracting the image name and location. Everything after "imagemac:"

The purpose of this is it to export the data in Tab Delimited format and then in turn inport the data into an InDesign template.

An input on the syntax needed to parse this would be great.

thanks,

JR

[Wim Decorte]

Define two calc fields:

(source = the field that has the result of the GetAsText function).

I've uploaded the demo file... Check the FM help file for the functions that are being used:

- MiddleValues: because GetAsText gives you a return delimited list. We want to work only with the last item in that list

- Position: gives you the position number of a character in the text string

- Patterncount: gives you the # of occurences of a charachter

- Middle and right: to extract a certain sub-string from the source string

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Path =

Let(

theSource = RightValues( source; 1 );

Middle(

thesource;

Position( thesource; ":"; 1; 1 ) + 1;

(

Position( thesource; "/"; 1; PatternCount( thesource; "/" ) ) +

1

) -

Position( thesource; "/"; 1; 1 )

)

)

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Filename =

Let(

theSource = Substitute( RightValues( source; 1 ); "

ExtractPathImage.zip

[Wim Decorte]

And by the way: the calculations are formatted through http://www.aptworks.com/bin/calc_formatter_2v0.cgi to make them somewhat readable.

Thanks to Debi for this great tool.

[Jerry Ross]

Thanks! This formula works great. I would have taken me hours to figure that out.

jr