Changing names of temporary FolderItems

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Hey,

I am obtaining a temporary folderitem by GetTemporaryFolderitem(). Then I want to append an extension to the folderitem by f.Name = f.Name + ".extension"

However, rather than changing the name, a duplicate with the extension gets created while the folderitem still points to the file without the extension. The weird thing is: It does not always happen but rather randomly. Calling my whole method again might work first and then stop working or the other way around. Bug?

2

Try this

f=specialfolder.temporary.child(“myfile.myext”)

3

Are you sure the folderItem exists before renaming it?
I believe the GetTemporaryFolderitem() method returns a file, but still not existing yet.
Also I’m not sure if renaming it’s a safe operation.

Why not this?

dim f as folderItem = SpecialFolder.Temporary.child("myPreferredName.ext")
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Worked, thanks both!