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**GetName**

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The **GetName **method returns the filename of the managed file for display in error messages, etc.

The SetName method sets the (variable) filename of the managed file.

**Implementation:**

GetName returns the value of the FileNameValue property if it has a value; otherwise, it returns the value of the FileName property.

**Return Data Type:**     STRING

**Example:**

**PROGRAM**

** INCLUDE('ABFILE.INC')                   !declare FileManager class**

** MAP                                     !program map**

**LogError   (STRING filename, SHORT error)!prototype LogError procedure**

** END**

**GlobalErrors ErrorClass                  !declare GlobalErrors object**

**Access:Client CLASS(FileManager)         !derive Access:Client object**

**              END**

**ErrorLog   FILE,DRIVER('TopSpeed'),PRE(LOG),CREATE,THREAD!declare log file**

**Record      RECORD**

**Date         LONG**

**Time         LONG**

**File         STRING(20)**

**ErrorId      SHORT**

**            END**

**           END**

** CODE**

** !program code**

** IF Access:Client.Open()           !if error occurs**

**  LogError(Access:Client.GetName(),Access:Client.GetError())!log name/error id**

** END**

** !program code**

**LogError PROCEDURE(STRING filename, SHORT error)**

** CODE**

** LOG:Date   = TODAY()            !store date**

** LOG:Time   = CLOCK()            !store time**

** LOG:File   = filename           !store filename**

** LOG:ErrorId = error             !store error id**

** ADD(ErrorLog)                   !write logfile**

**See Also:**

[[filename  variable filename .htm|FileName]], [[filenamevalue  constant filename .htm|FileNameValue]], [[setname  set current filename .htm|SetName]]