I need to be able to have a user be provided with the next available filename for their project based on the following rules.
3 characters to represent a company name or location
1 character that denotes a model number (i.e. 2 for the 3200 series then 3 for the 3300 series)
1 character for the validation type which is a number 2 or a 3 only
1 character for telling of its production or development
1 character for the version number. ( it was suggested that it be 0 - z ) don't know how else to do that with one character.
If anyone has a better idea for file naming denoting all those things in only 7 characters then let me know. Files get loaded onto an electronic device and it will not accept file names longer than 7 characters.
I figured I would create an interface so that someone could click on the location and click a check box for prod or dev and so on and it would spit out a viable filename for the user to key in when the application prompts the user for a file name. There may be a great many of these files so I am facing quite a challenge to make sure they stay in order, we can spot details of a file based on it's name and making sure they are unique.
Any ideas?