GetFileExtension Element

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The GetFileExtension element returns the file extension for the specified file.

Syntax

<GetFileExtension
  HTMLEncode = "TRUE" | "FALSE">
</GetFileExtension>

Attributes

Name Description
HTMLEncode Optional Boolean. TRUE to convert embedded characters so that they are displayed as text in the browser. In other words, characters that could be confused with HTML tags are converted to entities.

Example

The following line, <GetFileExtension>somefile.xls</GetFileExtension>, would return "xls".

The following example returns file extensions from the Lookup column, except in cases where extension equals "htm".

<Switch>
  <Expr>
    <GetFileExtension>
      <LookupColumn StripWS="TRUE" />
    </GetFileExtension>
  </Expr>
  <Case Value="htm" />
  <Default>
    <GetFileExtension HTMLEncode="TRUE">
      <LookupColumn StripWS="TRUE" />
    </GetFileExtension>
  </Default>
</Switch>