From: rickNOSPAMnews@NOSPAMcomcast.net   
      
   > Is there an easy way to truncated the name of file name, say from   
   > " C:\my projects\dev\banana.txt" to just "banana.txt"   
   > Do you have to reverse the string and then count from the doit back to   
   > the slash or is there an easier way in VB 6? And go easy on me as I'm   
   > new to VB. :)   
      
   VB has an InStrRev function which does what the InStr function does, but   
   in reverse (that is, it searches from the end of the text, not the   
   beginning). Try this...   
      
        FileName = "C:\my projects\dev\banana.txt"   
        MsgBox Mid$(FileName, InStrRev(FileName, "\") + 1)   
      
   Rick - MVP   
      
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