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[Dutch Peter]

I am using large pathnames to structure my files. Especially the images.

I am having trouble to see the total names in the column in MC.

I was thinking:

is it possible to show only the end of the path (including the file name) instead of the beginning?
Now I need to edit the field to be able to see the total string.

[marko]

you could try playing around with mid([filename],30,-1) but I don't think you'll like the results much. It would be neat if we could specify whether Mid(...) should count from the left or the right, but we can't.

Also, have you checked your column size options under "options>tree and view"?
autosize columns is obvious, but did you spot the "allow autosize to cut off long values" option in the advanced section of the tree and view panel?

[Dutch Peter]

I have set auto size to 'yes'. That helps. Thanks.

I am not really into the functions of MC, but there is not something like Right([filename],30)?? It would should the last 30 positions.

Is there a seperate field for path and file??

[Dutch Peter]

by the way:  mid([filename],65,-1) works quit well.

What does the -1 do exactly??

[hit_ny]

Is there a seperate field for path and file??

Filename (name)
Filename (path)

[marko]

by the way:  mid([filename],65,-1) works quit well.

What does the -1 do exactly??

the first figure is the starting point, (in your case, this is the 66th character as MC counts the first one as zero)
the second figure dictates how many characters to output from there.
If you chose 65,4 it would return the the 4 characters from 66 to 70.
-1 tells it to return everything from the start point onwards.