Counter Value/Global Value into a Filename?

[antipode]

Hey everybody, I'm a relative beginner at this and just had a quick question -
I'm making something where a user types into a Rich Edit Object and is able to save what they typed by clicking a button. My goal is to have it so when you click the button, the filename of the saved RTF is a number generated by the date (like a timestamp) so that in running the program and typing in the box on another day, the button would generate a new, separate file. The roadblock I've hit is that you don't seem to be able to draw from any alterable value or a counter in the expression calculator for the filename (and I also tried having a string draw from the value so I could have the filename draw from the string, but that didn't work out either) - I just get a Syntax Error.

Can anyone come up with a way to make this work, or maybe an alternate solution that achieves the same goal (generating a filename for a saved text file based on the date the program is run)? Thanks for any help.

[Francois]

Just use "Convert number to string" (str$) in the system object expressions.

[antipode]

Excellent, thanks, I'll give that a try!

[antipode]

Okay, I understand now how to exchange info between a value and string and I'm doing that fine. However, I'm still getting a syntax error in the expression calculator. What I've got right now is, when Button is clicked, Save Text "C:\Destination\Str$(value( "Counter 6" )).rtf". So, I want the file to be saved in the folder "Destination" with the current value of Counter 6 as the filename. Any idea what I still have wrong here?

[Phi]

You wrote it wrong. Use:
"C:\Destination\"+Str$(value( "Counter 6" ))+".rtf"
Or to save to the application's folder, use:
Apppath$+Str$(value( "Counter 6" ))+".rtf"

[antipode]

Ah hah! Thanks for the help. Like I said, I'm still pretty new at this, but I'm learning new things all the time.