GetFileExtension element (View)

Applies to: SharePoint 2016 | SharePoint Foundation 2013 | SharePoint Online | SharePoint Server 2013

Returns the file extension for the specified file.

<GetFileExtension
  HTMLEncode = "TRUE" | "FALSE">
</GetFileExtension>

Elements and attributes

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute	Description
HTMLEncode	Optional Boolean. TRUE to convert embedded characters so that they are displayed as text in the browser. In other words, characters that could be confused with HTML tags are converted to entities.

Child elements

• Column
• Field
• LookupColumn

Parent elements

Numerous

Occurrences

• Minimum: 0
• Maximum: Unbounded

Example

The following line <GetFileExtension>somefile.xls</GetFileExtension> would return "xls".

The following example returns file extensions from the Lookup column, except in cases where extension equals "htm".

<Switch>
  <Expr>
    <GetFileExtension>
      <LookupColumn StripWS="TRUE" />
    </GetFileExtension>
  </Expr>
  <Case Value="htm" />
  <Default>
    <GetFileExtension HTMLEncode="TRUE">
      <LookupColumn StripWS="TRUE" />
    </GetFileExtension>
  </Default>
</Switch>