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# ExtractFileName

Returns the file name portion of a file path, including the file extension. Any directory information is stripped away.

**Declaration**: Function ExtractFileName( const FileName : string) : string

An example follows.

```pascal
procedure OnMapEvent(var Value:Variant);
begin
  Value := ExtractFileName(Source.FileCon.CurrentFilename);
end;
```

The following shows further examples.

```pascal
procedure ScriptEvent (var Value : variant);
var
  f: string;
begin
  LogInfo('');
  f := 'abc.exe'; LogInfo('ExtractFileName(''' + f + ''') -> ''' + ExtractFileName(f) + '''');
  f := 'abc.ref2.txt'; LogInfo('ExtractFileName(''' + f + ''') -> ''' + ExtractFileName(f) + '''');
  f := 'C:\MyData\abcdefg.txt'; LogInfo('ExtractFileName(''' + f + ''') -> ''' + ExtractFileName(f) + '''');
  f := 'TheActualFile.xlsx'; LogInfo('ExtractFileName(''' + f + ''') -> ''' + ExtractFileName(f) + '''');
  LogInfo('');
  LogInfo('');
end;
```

And the resulting log entries that are generated.