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Taron

United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/31/2014 :  03:51:07 AM  Show Profile  Edit Topic  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Topic
Origin Ver. 8.6.0 b70
Operating System: Windows 7 x64

Hi,

I am looking for a way to read out the longname of a workbook without having to active it. Currently I have to activate it first and use page.name$ to read out the workbooks longname into a string.
This is not very convenient as it slows down my script considerably.

Is there any way of reading out the longname without having to activate a workbook?

lkb0221

China
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Posted - 03/31/2014 :  09:31:10 AM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Hi,

The standard syntax of page properties is actually:

[winName!]page.property =

When [winName!] is not specified, the active window is affected.

Zheng
OriginLab
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Taron

United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/31/2014 :  11:02:53 AM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Thanks!
So if the short name of my workbook is e.g. Book1 and I am currently in Book2 I have to enter:

storevar$ = [Book1!]page.longname$;

to access the longname of Book1 and store it in my storevariable storevar$?

Edit: I just tried it with this syntax and it doesn't work (with or without the "!"). So what would be the actual syntax in my case?
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bastianb

Germany
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Posted - 03/31/2014 :  11:24:21 AM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Hi,

the brackets are too much, they indicate that the including is optional

I guess this should work for you:
storevar$ = Book1!page.longname$;

best regards
Bastian
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Taron

United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/31/2014 :  11:25:52 AM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Thanks a lot!
That's what I wanted.
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lkb0221

China
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Posted - 03/31/2014 :  11:31:28 AM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Hi,

Yes, the brackets indicates that it is optional. Sorry I did not make it clear in the first place.
For example:
//
window -a Book1; // Active Book1
page.longname$ = BK1; // Set page longname
window -a Book2; // Active Book2
Book1!page.longname$ = ; // Will return "BK1"
//

Zheng
OriginLab
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