The FILENAME field assumes, that all file are stored at disk, and the /p extension assumes that this disk is a permanently attached disk.
While this would have been the expected behaviour in the past, the current technology offer a wide variety of ways to store file, using other means that a physical disk-systems. This specification doesn’t account for the possibility to store information in CMS solutions, different kind of container applications or dynamic storage content management systems.
Evolving and future requirements like "internet-storage" or close proximity is not possible with the limited definitions as described here
This feature seems to mimic old-days storage of files, and doesn’t offer support for any future directions. What about the suggest part like https://getmyownfiles.org/fetch_bestfile(test.docx)
While this would have been the expected behaviour in the past, the current technology offer a wide variety of ways to store file, using other means that a physical disk-systems. This specification doesn’t account for the possibility to store information in CMS solutions, different kind of container applications or dynamic storage content management systems.
Evolving and future requirements like "internet-storage" or close proximity is not possible with the limited definitions as described here
This feature seems to mimic old-days storage of files, and doesn’t offer support for any future directions. What about the suggest part like https://getmyownfiles.org/fetch_bestfile(test.docx)
Clarify path is inherited from the location of the file.
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Proposed Disposition of DIS 29500 Comment DK-0121 (Modified: 2008-01-11) Agreed; the following changes will be made in Part 4, §2.16.5.23, page 1,531, lines 922: 2.16.5.23 FILENAME Syntax: FILENAME [ switch ] Description: Retrieves the name of the current document as stored on disk from its storage location . Field Value: The name of the current document. Switches: One of the following general-formatting-switches: \* Caps, \* FirstCap, \* Lower, or \* Upper, and zero or one of the following field-specific-switches. \p Include the full file path name. [Example: Consider the case in which the following fields are updated: FILENAME \* Upper FILENAME \p the results might be: FIELD DEMO SUITE.DOCX E:\Std\OOXML\Fields\Field Demo Suite.docx http://example.com/files/myFile.docx end example]
