Programmable column for FrameMaker file version

[kdaube]

Hello fans, this is really a great feature and was the reason to upgrade to the ultimate version.
However, I have trouble to set up the correct formula for the following purpose.
- FrameMaker files start at byte 0 witk these bytes (plain ascii):

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<MakerFile xx.x>

, for example <MakerFile 14.0> or <MakerFile 8.0H>
- I want to list the numeric part with a preceding v: v14 or v8.
- The following formulae do not work correctly

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                                       <MakerFile 14.0> ....  15.0>
With this forumula              i get ... 
if(${Extension}=fm,"v"+str(FBYTES(11,2))," ")     v31.34      v31.35
if(${Extension}=fm,"v"+str(INT(FBYTES(11,2))," ") v12596      v12597

How to get the correct display?

[nikos]

what you really need is an instruction FBYTES_text to extract the text plain and simple. Now we'd have to jump hoops and loops to do the conversion, especially because you don't know whether the number is single or double digit. If you only wanted numbers in range 10-19, you can just do

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if(${Extension}=fm, "v"+str(INT(FBYTES(11,2)) - 12582)," ")

ps. I will modify STR() instruction to convert these FBYTES strings into normal strings

[kdaube]

Thank You Nikos, for this explanation.
I will use this intermediate solution - until an FBYTES_text function will be available

Klaus