Append auto incrementing number to the file name if file already exists.

[moderator1983]

On downloading a file from internet and if the file already exists (file with the same name), it automatically appends an auto-incrementing number to the file name, wouldn't be it nice to have the similar feature (may be optional) with Open/Create/Replace File Function.

Consider the scenario, you've enabled this option ('append number if file already exists' as shown in above figure) while using Open/Create/Replace File Function and operation input is 'create' and name of the file is MyFile.txt, which already exists then this fuction should create a new file with name MyFile (1).txt (or may be MyFile (2).txt if MyFile (1).txt also exists and so on).

[ngc6193]

I implemented the original VI code in my LV2014 install, works great! Well.... okay a couple of minor speed bumps for me, cannot have empty spaces in file name, need to have leading zeroes, and if a file name has an "_01" already in it when I first start running the tool, it adds another _01 on the end leaving the original _01 intact. We need the leading zero's for sorting correctly. Then when I do "_0%d" it keeps the leading zero there and it never increments when 09 is incremented, instead we get _010. Otherwise, it works great. ---Bill